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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "wonderful ideas came up like establishing an animal feed factory in a place called Arujo. Today, five years down the line, and it is cited by the Auditor-General every year, we do not have an animal feed factory. Areas like Suba and Gwasi are fertile. There is black cotton soil that is rich for production of grains such as maize sorghum and millet. An excellent idea was mooted. There was a proposal to put up a milling plant in a corner called Gigoto in Suba South Constituency. Five years down the line, we have not received a single bag of milled maize, sorghum or millet from Gigoto. Every year the Auditor-General says funds have been committed. Having chaired the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC), I have brought reports to this House where I have asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and all the relevant bodies to take action on some of these transgressions on the people of Homa Bay County. To date, nothing has happened despite resolutions of the Senate. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to be concerned about that. That even today as we approved another Kshs7.8 billion to go to Homa Bay County, what happens to the resolutions of this House on past misuse of the resources that we have sent to them? There are pineapples, groundnuts and sweet potatoes. Our sweet potatoes from an area called Kabondo have found their way in the UK supermarkets. We were told recently that there is an entrepreneur who has found a niche and is exporting sweet potatoes from Kabondo to the UK. They have found their way into the Royal Palace. In fact, we have been told that when the Queen is having a breakfast of sweet potatoes, those are sweet potatoes from Kabondo. The county government had a wonderful vision of setting up a sweet potatoes processing plant in Kabondo. Today, nothing is on the ground. The people are not sure what happened after Kshs80 billion shillings down the line. There is trade and modern markets. The people of Kendu Bay complain that they do not have a market. It is the same case in all the other centers. We promised people during campaigns several years ago that we will have a market in a place like Rodi Kopany. Today, it is a shame to go back. That is because we convinced them that the governor was a member of our party, which is democratic and progressive. The governor then went to Rodi and promised the residents a market. Today, there is nothing to report about. The other thing is the cooperative sector. The small holder farmers are supposed to synergize in order for them to get value for money for their products. They are supposed to be organized into cooperatives. The cooperatives in our region have collapsed. That includes even those in the fishing sector. We now have the beach management units but it is actually every man for himself and God for us all. In sports and culture, Homa Bay County is the land of the famous Gor Mahia, which the most famous team South of Sahara and North of the Limpopo is named after. Gor Mahia comes from a place called Kanyamwa in Kosele. We bought land to put up a Gor Mahia stadium but that land is still a bush and thicket to date."
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