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    "speaker_name": "Ijara, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Sophia Noor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Equally, I had not prepared for this and I have not gone through the Report of the Special Funds Committee. But listening to the Chair when he was presenting the Report, I felt that there are critical issues that we need to support in the Committee’s Report. The Committee has looked into sectors that are affected badly in this country which are the coffee, tea and sugarcane sectors. I support that, because I believe that we need to mobilise and support every Kenyan wherever they are in their line of work. We need to look into capacity building and empowerment of every farmer, both agro and pastoral. Listening carefully, there is an account that has been audited and there are issues that have been raised including a lot of misappropriation of funds and cleaning up, so that we could prepare for smooth takeover by the Commodities Fund, which I support. However, I have a small concern that made me to contribute to this Motion this afternoon. When we are looking at and addressing funds that are supposed to engage and give capacity to Kenyans, we need to look at a holistic approach in trying to address issues that affect Kenyans. We do not need to look at one part of Kenya and forget about the rest of the country. I do not mean, particularly, to this Committee but I am looking at a bigger picture of this country. This is because if we devolve our industries wherever we are, those small industries will empower the people and give the picture and face of this country. That will in turn give us revenue that can transform this country in a big way. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, look at what Botswana is doing with their livestock. They are earning foreign exchange because their livestock industry has been empowered in such The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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