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    "id": 1046251,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there have been suggestions on the Floor that perhaps we could do an omnibus legislation to bring together all crops. I want to respectfully bring to the attention of my colleagues to what happened on the Floor of this House and the Floor of the National Assembly when the Crops Act was passed. I said yesterday that there are acres and acres of space dedicated to listing of crops grown in this country. To the dismay of ndengu farmers and the Senator of Kitui County, ndengu is not even listed as a crop grown in this country. We must cure these mischiefs. The best way of doing it is to challenge my colleagues not to shy away from legislating on crops and issues that affect our farmers. This omnibus business, though legitimate and legal, is the reason for the suffering of a lot of people in this country. We need to be specific about the issues that affect our people. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in fact, we should be ready to do legislations on almost everything because after all, that is what we were elected to do. We are elected to make laws, represent our people, lift local issues and call the national attention to the suffering of the people that have elected us. That is exactly why we are elected. I respectfully tell my colleagues that instead of doing an omnibus legislation for crops, I challenge them to bring as many Bills as there are crops grown in this country, so that we fix the problems facing each farmer in every corner of this country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, time has come, through this little effort by the Senator of Kitui County, and as a Senate, we must now move from making pronouncements in public rallies that we are the champions and defenders of devolution. We have said enough of that. That is enough said. Time has come that we must now move into action and be seen to be real defenders of devolution. Agriculture is a fully 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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