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"content": "I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I was saying that the synonyms that I saw for resilience is a person who has ability to endure suffering without incurring permanent damage or loss. Therefore, he knows that Kenyans are suffering, but he has somehow discovered that we are resilient and can take more and more punishment without breaking. This is the only thing in his Address that I agree with. I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I thank His Excellency the President for delivering the State of the Nation Address as per Article 132 of the Constitution. The state of the nation is like a sweet and sour Chinese dish. While we celebrate many successes, the country still faces many challenges going into the future. I want to thank the President for being a listening President. On many occasions, despite the challenges that he took over from September, 2022, he continues to disappoint the nay-sayers and doomsayers of this nation. The nation has many challenges. In fact, it is miraculous. For those of us who are Christians, 2,000 years ago, Jesus performed miracles. In 2024, William Ruto continues to do miracles going into the future to change this nation into a better country. I want to agree that the leadership is listening and engaging. I am happy that the President is listening. Those of us who are farmers, when we complained about food overproduction subsidy, he listened and put much more money into it. 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": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, 90 or 99 per cent of Nandi County which I represent, depends on an agricultural economy. More than 6.5 million farmers were given fertilizer and this season, we have harvested more than two million bags of 90 kilograms of maize. We thank the President for this subsidized fertilizer; which when he took over was Kshs7,000, but now it is Kshs2,500. Those of us who are farmers know the pain of acquiring farm inputs. The biggest challenge is the issue of fuel. I am happy the cost of fuel continues to come down. The cost of farm inputs, pesticides, and acaricides that we use in farming are still quite high. I hope the President will look into it. I heard my brother talking about how vested we are. I am happy that the President has directed that National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) be open. We are selling a 90 kilogramme bag of maize at Kshs3,500. As farmers, we expected the price to be between Kshs4,500 to Kshs5,000. We should be selling a 50 kilogramme bag of maize, just like any other cereal such as ndengu, rice or beans. I will bring an amendment that going into the future, we shall not be selling our maize at 90 kilogramme, but at 50 kilogramme. Secondly, I agree that we need to do a mop-up of the maize that has been harvested in our region, especially in Nandi and Uasin Gishu counties and the rest of the country. My only request to the national and county governments is to ensure the last-mile distribution of fertilizer, so that a farmer who is in Kamalambo can pick it in Maraba, or somebody who is in Kipyaor can pick it somewhere nearer. This will give them access going into the future. Even somebody who is in Chepterwai should be able to pick it within instead of coming all the way to Selia, Kabiyet or Kaiboi. On the issue of sugarcane, I am happy that almost 90 per cent of Nandi County is growing sugarcane. I was one of the members who served in the mediation. We agreed to re-establish the Kenyan Sugar Board (KSB). I am happy that the Sugar Act has been signed into law. One of the problems that we were facing with the sugarcane farmers was the issue of maintenance of roads. We agreed that all sales money will go to the KSB instead of counties. For example, Nandi County is a bastion of corruption being presided by Governor Sang. The road that comes all the way from Kabyemet, Chemnoyet, Lolgeringet, all the way to Kapchumo in Masapsap is impassable. This is similar to other roads within Nandi County such as those in Chemelil-Chemase, others in Taunet, in Tinderet, among many other areas. On sugar pricing where we are having issues of tonnage, I am happy that with this, we will be able to ban imports. Remember the issue of sugar import was becoming a den of corruption, especially through the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC). The issue of farming continues to be resilient. Regarding the tea sector, in Nandi County, we received the lowest bonus of Kshs23, which was less Kshs20, while other regions, which I do not want to name, were receiving up to Kshs60 bonus. We hope going into the future, we shall harmonize the issue of tea bonuses, so that farmers in Nandi Hills, Cheptinting, Lolduka, including Kosoywa even in Aldai and Mosop will be standardized. I think the entire Nandi County is planting tea. 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": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of coffee, Sen. Wambua and the rest of us who are ranking Members will remember the issue of the Coffee Cherry Fund, where Kshs10 billion was given out by the World Bank, but it went to one region. Bungoma, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Kericho and Londiani in Kipkelion East Constituency where we have many farmers harvesting coffee cherry, did not receive it. We hope that in the future, there will be the establishment of the Coffee Cherry Fund that the President is proposing. On the public debt, I am aware we have Kshs10.5 trillion. I am told every child that is born in Kenya is supposed to pay more than Kshs201,000, which does not look good. I know we have amended to borrow against our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). My request to the President is that we establish audit of the public debt, so that we know who gave us domestic and foreign borrowing in this country. We need to know about this Kshs10.5 trillion, because we are told for every Kshs100 that the Government collects Kshs70 goes to servicing of public debt. Who are these people? We needed to form a commission of state capture because this is where state capture originates. I can see my time is almost over. On the issue of CBC, I hope that by January, we will have 16,000 classrooms in place. However, I got confused when Cabinet Secretary, Julius Migos appeared before the National Assembly and was talking about 16,000 classrooms yet when he was in the village somewhere in Kisii, he was talking about 19,000 classrooms for grade nine CBC students. I hope we can have consistency, so that we know how many classrooms will be ready. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, CBC was born during the Uhuru Kenyatta era. It is being midwifed by William Ruto. I was talking of junior secondary schools where 56,000 teachers have been hired under permanent and pensionable terms and 20,000 are going to be hired under internship. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has become a bastion of corruption. Teachers are suffering when they follow their claims or want to transfer. It looks like we abolished de-localization on paper, but it still exists. Even teachers who have two to three years to retire are being posted far, instead of being posted near their homes so that they can acclimatize to retirement. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) must look into the operations of TSC and ensure that the lethargy and corruption that we see there is done away with. As an alumni, I am happy the President noted that Moi University is going down. The only solution for this and any other university such as Karatina, Masinde Muliro, Maseno, Kitale, University of Eldoret is to take on their liabilities. It is not about the Vice Chancellor, but about how Moi University midwifed so many other satellite campuses. That is why it is saddled with debts. That is why Karatina University and the rest should go and take away their debts. That is how we will save Moi University. I can assure you that Moi University is one of the best universities of this Republic being the foundation of knowledge. I am proud to be an alumni of Moi University, School of Law. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if you can lend me one minute to conclude. We must agree that the university funding model should go a long way in assisting our people. 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": "On the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and Social Health Authority (SHA), Nandi County has recorded over 115,000. This is a good programme. I ask all Kenyans to register under it to ensure accessible medical coverage. All that said, the President is doing his best to ensure that going into the future, the country looks better. I want to ask the naysayers and doomsayers to give him a chance to deliver for this country and wait for 2027. This is not campaigning moment. I thank you."
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