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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I want to support Sen. Wetangula. Nandi County being part of the sugar belt region, I had a discussion with farmers from Chemase and they already feel that they are being short- changed. I was told the people who want to lease or want to sell the land under the nucleus estate have been meeting them at the wee hours, when sorcerers are more active, especially at 1.00 a.m., yet the farmers who are the main persons in the discussion have not been part of this process. I want to agree with my colleagues and advise. There is culture that is not good in this country. When some entities or organizations meet a governor, they imagine that they have met a county government. When they meet a governor, they imagine they have met a Senator, Women Representative, Members of the National Assembly or MCAs. If you ask our county assemblies who are in the sugar belt regions, they will tell you that they have not even seen an iota of any proposal that has been put before the governors. The Constitution has given us a very good practice of what we call public participation. The problem in this country is that we have “tenderpreneurs” on the loose. We have people who want to sanitize everything where it is possible. I can see my Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, who is also a Bishop--- Through you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, please, do not let us down on this issue. Our farmers are suffering on this issue of leasing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I conclude, there is a strategic way of awarding specific sugar companies as a way of edging other sugar companies. We should not allow that. In fact, by next week, they should be able to report back on the progress because those people are at the tail-end of negotiations. I see them in hotels with governors and they say that they The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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