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"content": "Murang’a County Creameries and the County Government of Murang’a, headed by Gov. Mwangi Wa Iria. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the reason is that Murang’a County has about 32 cooperatives that take milk to that factory. Out of the 32 cooperatives, five of them form the bulk of the suppliers of that milk. In Gatanga we have two; Kiarutara and Kigoro. In Kigumo, we have a place called Kangari Dairy. We have Kahuro and Genda in Gakoigo. Currently, the County Government of Murang’a has huge arrears for those farmers. I strongly believe that once we pass this money, Murang’a County should prioritise towards settling the July and August arrears that are owing to the dairy farmers of Murang’a. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, also, if the Murang’a County Government does not want farmers to sell their milk to third parties, it must ensure it hikes the producer prices. Currently, farmers are being paid Kshs35 per litre, then they deduct transport of Kshs2. So, the milk farmer gets Kshs33 out of Murang’a County Government Creameries at Maragua. However, the private sector is offering Kshs41. Surely, it will only be logical for the Murang’a milk farmer to take milk away from Maragua factory to the private sector. Therefore, I support this Motion, so that the Governor of Murang’a County can use that money to ensure the Murang’a farmer gets at least Kshs39 per litre. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I feel so bad when I see a situation where accounts of various cooperatives have been frozen by the County Government of Murang’a headed by Gov. Mwangi Wa Iria. I urge them to proceed with haste to uplift those freezes, which are now making the five major milk cooperatives in Murang’a County not operational. I strongly believe that this Schedule should be passed as a matter of urgency, so that we support our farmers and ensure that Murang’a is well taken care of. We do not want a single farmer not getting his right due. I am not convinced that Murang’a County Government cannot afford to pay its farmers Kshs40 per litre. I am not convinced why Murang’a County Government has arrears to the various milk farmers currently. That is in the month of July and August. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the third area of intervention, which a good county government should look into, is the business sector. Murang’a people are renowned to be very good in business. We have established various businesses in this Republic, which employ thousands of Kenyans. If a good county government gets a good person who can manage its resources, we can deregulate the business sector and create employment. When you look at our banks, supermarkets, boda boda people, mama mboga, market traders in various market places of Murang’a County, those traders face a lot of regulations. If you were to deregulate that market, you would have it easy for a common person to establish a business anywhere in Murang’a County. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when I was a councillor, we came up with a policy that collated all licences that were being paid by various stakeholders. We came up with a document that is called a single business permit. It collapsed the several licenses that are being required to various business people into one singular document. That is way back in 2007. I served as a councillor between 2002 and 2007."
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