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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "Wish to support the Bill as amended. The people in Kenya at the grassroots level who work very hard suffer a lot. I support this Bill because it will benefit local farmers. Wajir County does grow tea neither is it an agricultural zone, but we are the consumers of tea. We need the tea farmer as well as the sugarcane farmers and all the other people involved in farming. The cartels in this country have taken up every sector, but I would like to advise them not to be selfish because we need one another. The way the Senators from tea growing counties need my vote today, I will also need their vote tomorrow. I would like to remind the Members of this House that everybody is of importance in this House. When an issue affecting livestock farmers comes to this House, I would like to be supported in the same way that I am supporting this Tea Bill. We should support the local farmers who till the land and those who look after animals not those who are in the top 10 per cent. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also need to talk about coffee, mung beans, cabbages, potatoes and milk, so that all Kenyans feel happy. When we take care of those at lower levels that is when Kenyans will feel that they are doing well, are okay, sleep well and their children go to school. When they go to the hospitals, they are able to pay for everything they need. That is the only way to go."
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