{"id":1102694,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1102694/?format=json","text_counter":263,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Keiyo South, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Daniel Rono","speaker":{"id":13367,"legal_name":"Daniel Kipkogei Rono","slug":"daniel-kipkogei-rono"},"content":"Counties in Kenya need to take co-operative issues seriously. This is because agriculture is devolved and it can do very well if we promote co-operatives. For example, rural economies can only do well when resources are pooled. When farmers A and B collect their milk together, they are able get better prices. When the Brooksides of this world and Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) collect milk, they always prefer to give better prices where they collect a big quantity of milk. The only place in a rural economy where you can collect a good quantity of milk is in a co- operative. So, there is no way our farmers will benefit if we do not encourage and promote co- operative movement."}