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"content": " Sen. Orwoba, proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support the Statement by Sen. Wafula on Huduma Centres. As the Committee responds to the issues, particularly about how staff members are deployed, their contracts and all those details, I want to add my voice to the issue of Huduma centre. We were informed that we are going to get more Huduma Centres. The clarion call was that the Huduma Centres would be devolved to an extent that we would have every Kenyan down in the remote areas able to access a Huduma Centre without having to travel for long distances. As the Committee tackles this issue, I request if they can get information on the plans of devolving Huduma centres. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "I come from Bobasi Constituency in Kisii County. It is a vast constituency with eight wards. We have Kenyans from as far as Nyacheki Ward who do not have the capacity to access the Huduma Centre on the other side of town. It would be imperative that we are informed, if at all, there are any plans to devolve and make sure that Huduma Centres go down, to, at least, having one Huduma Centre in each ward so that all Kenyans get the services that they require from Huduma centres. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also request that the Committee looks into how they can collaborate with National Youth Service (NYS) as a human resource capacity to partner with Huduma Centres. We have many youths who are under NYS and have been trained on various capacity. There is an opportunity there for them to assist in some of the duties that we have in Huduma Centre. As I said, I am from Bobasi Constituency. We have many youths who have been recruited from my constituency and would serve in great capacity in these huduma centres, if we were able to make sure that we bring it down to the ward level. I, therefore, support the Statement on the policy for deployment of staff serving in Huduma centres by the Senator for Bungoma County, Sen. Wafula. Thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Oketch Gicheru."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to support a very important Statement by my brother, Sen. Cherarkey of Nandi, on the distribution of subsidized fertilizers to farmers in North Rift and other parts of the country. It is important that he has mentioned “other parts of the country”. I do not think this is a problem that is only in the North Rift because the entire country is suffering. If you remember, last year, one of the reasons the Government really suffered was because of drought. Due to the drought, the economy was impacted negatively because we were not sure of the harvest. The issue of subsidized fertilizer came prominently at the beginning of last year. I dare say that due to the rain we had last year, we did not experience much drought. Since the money market opened a little bit, the economy regained some sense of normalcy. However, right now, it is so late in the year in terms of planting season and farmers have not received subsidized fertilizer. Three weeks ago, I was in Narok, together with the Senate Deputy Minority Whip and Senate Minority Whip. The people of Narok were really crying. If I may quote, they said that they are getting fertilizer kama machozi kwakuwa ni kidogo sana . If this issue is not addressed, it will have serious effect on the economy. If we do not get subsidies on time, it could take the economy back to where we were last year. Farmers in a place such as Migori where I come from have never seen anything like this. I think this issue is not only about getting subsidized fertilizer. We must go to the core of business, which is the people supplying the fertilizer. We need to know the shipping lines and companies that were awarded the contract and tenders to import fertilizer into the country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "They must explain to us whether they actually understood the scope of the farmers they need to supply to. They ought to know the number of farmers who were targeted by this shipment. If we cannot know the number of farmers, then, at least, the regions, they were certain that they were going to supply. If you talk about a place such as the North Rift, it is where the serious backbone of the leadership of this country comes from. Sen. Cherarkey himself is a serious and ranking Member of Parliament (MP). The North Rift is also where our dear President, who I have nothing against, comes from. If you go to a place such as Eldoret, people are queuing up to the evening for fertilizer but 60 per cent of them do not even get it. You can imagine, if people are queuing for fertilizer and they cannot get it in places where Sen. Cherarkey, the Senate Majority Leader of this House and the President come from, how about a place such as Nyatike where I come from? Nyatike does not even have proper roads to begin with. Masangora in Kuria is at the far end of Migori County. How are farmers in Rongo – a place where farmers are passionate and dedicated about agriculture – supposed to get fertilizer if there is no fertilizer in a place such as Eldoret? Last year, we had Senate Mashinani in Turkana and we visited Katilu Irrigation Scheme. We realised that fertilizer was only found in places such as Lokichar and Lodwar. People in remote areas such as Katilu were not getting fertilizer. This is something I hope we can have a bipartisan approach on. I hope this will not be one of those Statements where Sen. Cherarkey is serviced with a response from the Ministry. The responsible Cabinet Secretary must appear before the relevant committee. I encourage some Senators in this House, such as the Senate Majority Leader, to go there and ensure that the Cabinet Secretary is put to task to answer to the fact that farmers are not getting fertilizer. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I finish, I have always held the view that when we think about subsidy for farm inputs, it must not stop only on fertilizer. Sen. Cherarkey will not eat only ugali without some meat or fish. I know he loves meat so much. When there is subsidy for crops in this country, we should also have subsidy for animal feeds for people in Nyatike, Kuria, and Narok as well as people who grow fish in Lake Victoria. We need to start seeing the Government also subsidize animal feeds to make sure that agriculture is subsidized in totality, to make it a real production and not a pseudo-operation that we are seeing. I hope when they start subsiding animal feeds, there will be more transparency in terms of the suppliers and contractors and the shipments that bring the items in the country. Madam Temporary Speaker, this is an important Statement. As I support it, I hope that we will follow it to fruition. I thank you."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maia",
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"content": " Hon. Senators, we have spent the time that we had allocated for Statements. I have two more Senators remaining. I will give you two minutes each, so that we close that session. Sen. Cherarkey and Sen. Murgor, you will have two minutes each. Let us have Sen. Cherarkey first. Sen. Murgor, kindly resume your seat. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this Statement could not go without me saying something. As the Vice Chairperson of the County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC), I thought it is important to support the Statement by Sen. Olekina. I think this is where the meat is. I want to challenge us to go beyond the counties that have been mentioned. On the issue of supplementary budgets and approvals, there have been instances where the CoB approves some items that cannot be traced. When you look at payment vouchers and requisitions from the counties, they are like love letters by county governors. They just request for Kshs100 million. When the CoB asks about the itemized issues, they just get the names. That is why we have a challenge of pending bills. I would like to challenge the Office of the CoB to be vigilant especially when they approve requisitions. We are aware that there are some officers in the Office of the CoB who see governors behind the tent. You will find a governor having written a requisition but when it is time to release funds, some officers in the Office of the CoB demand a certain percentage. That is why a lifestyle audit of some officers in the Office of the CoB should be done. A number of them have been moving to Karen, Runda and Kileleshwa, among other high-end estates. They also have unexplained wealth. Action should be taken, now that governors have realized it is easy to have supplementary budget approved. I look forward to seeing this in the Committee of the Whole and all the 47 counties included. I support."
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"content": " Sen. Murgor, you may have the Floor."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to also join my colleagues in airing my views about the subsidy fertilizer. It is common knowledge that now there is plenty of food in Kenya because of the subsidized fertilizer that we received last year. Madam Temporary Speaker, with that plentifulness, there is a lot of joy and happiness in the nation on the availability of food, unlike how it was in the other previous years where some of the marginalised areas faced constant starvation. In those areas, in February, March and April, there would be shortage of food, but that subsidised fertilizer did wonders last year. It is therefore causing a lot of anxiety now that it is either not there or it is little because the long queues of people prove that it is not available. The Cabinet Secretary concerned should be made aware by the system so that he makes the commodity available. I support."
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