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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "county government not answered that question? Nobody has answered that question, but the question is important because it goes to the value of the beef. Why is it difficulty for county governments or the economic bloc, which has a bank to do export of beef to UAE, likewise to the economic block that exists in Lake Victoria? I was surprised to learn that there is a company by the name DP World. DP World has agreed to do a cold storage for Rwanda, a landlocked nation. I think Makueni is bigger than Rwanda, but they have a cold storage and they are now exploiting what would be the Blue Economy. Can we not do the same for the fish farmers in Kisumu and exploit the Nile Basin? I am told that Uganda has also gotten into a deal with them about using the Nile Basin for purposes of their fish. Whereas this communication was given to some functionaries in the Government of Kenya and told that Rwanda was going to overtake us, they said: “Overtake us to go where?” In fact, when we were doing the Tea Regulations last month, on 29th December, 2020, the Senators sent us clips about the coffee and tea in Rwanda. They are selling 100 per cent of their tea in tea auctions, and they are making a lot of money. Although President Kagame has decided to sit at the top of the Board for the purposes of these cash crops, we still can do a little better because we have competent people who can do so. Madam Temporary Speaker, it cannot be gainsaid that for purposes of posterity, prosperity of Kenyans--- We can all say that we can get the farmer in Tharaka-Nithi and Wajir who is doing livestock, and the farmer who is growing macadamia in Makueni and Mbooni, who is growing tea or French beans--- I have explained that we have people, and my uncle is growing French beans, which are collected right there in Mbooni. He is making Kshs1000 a day, Kshs7,000 a week. The ordinary farmer will not need the money that we politicians give them during elections. As I support this Bill, I would like the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of this Senate - we have taken pride in saying that agriculture is a devolved function - to do a little more, put in a little effort and speak more about these things that are going to help ordinary farmers. I am told and I know that there are some Members of the Senate here--- Yesterday, Sen., (Dr.) Langat spoke about ‘from now on, we are going to speak about ordinary people’. I asked: What do you mean by ‘from now on’? Where have you been?"
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