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    "content": "money accrues interest. I know of my neighbours and other people who are supposed to be paid Kshs200,000 or Kshs300,000, respectively. Maize farming is a risk by itself all over the world. If you read the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement on agriculture, you will realize that agriculture as a trade is a unique area because it involves food security. That is why there are exceptions on the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) which makes an exception that for purpose of matters related to food security, you can discriminate, provide subsidies and protect farmers. That is why the President of the United States of America (USA) has put sanctions on China, Europe and renegotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). His main intention is to look for better market for maize farmers in the USA. That is the same case with the European Union (EU). They subsidize their farmers. In fact, an EU cow is subsidized better than any human being that lives in this Republic. People take their agriculture so seriously. They protect their farmers. It is time that we discussed this matter urgently in this country. I want to urge Sen. (Prof.) Kamar to summon the EACC Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) to come before their Committee before they go to the field. All of us who have interest in protection of maize farmers will attend the session so as to listen to the legal basis that one can use to stop legitimate payment that is accrued for legitimate poor farmers. I have no problem with the fight against corruption. I am on record saying that we must continue supporting the fight against corruption. However, any person who is a lawyer in this great Republic will read and see that slowly, we are sliding back to violation of human rights. We are sliding back to property interest of the people of Kenya which is part of the rights of the people of Kenya. We now want to punish poor farmers in the name of investigation. Can it not be possible that those people be paid and any wrong people who will be paid be arrested?"
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