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    "id": 1012787,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Those questions must be asked. I hope that the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries will bring a proper response. Agriculture is a devolved function and if the Senate does not talk about agriculture, no one will because no one else has the proper mandate to talk about it. Yesterday, I watched on the news as governors lamented that they have been ignored in the entire debacle around tea regulations, yet they are the ones implementing agriculture in the counties. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Hon. Munya, must be told that in dealing with that important docket, he requires the governors and the Senate because agriculture is a devolved function. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are getting into the season where middle men come with their trucks to Kitale Town so that when they see farmers who are unable to sell to the National Cereals and Produce Board, they go to them and buy maize at the price of Ksh1,000 per bag. Farmers end up selling to such middlemen at a throw away price because they are desperate. Now that the Government has announced the re-opening of schools, parents who are farmers in Western Kenya who do not have money. They will have to sell their maize at throwaway prices. There is going to be a serious loophole where people are going to come to take their produce at very low prices. We need to know the status of the Warehouse Receipt System Bill, 2018 that was passed such that the farmers can be assured that they can use the receipts of the deliveries they made to the NCPB as an instrument to take care of their families and the community. I urge the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries while dealing with this issue to invite all Senators because many of us are interested in the issues of agriculture, particularly, on the issue of maize farming in this country. I thank you."
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