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    "id": 1144365,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand here as a Member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. I am also a Member from Busia County, one of the biggest cotton growing regions of this country, and which for many years used to grow a lot of sisal. When the Regulations were presented before the Committee, we were taken aback on two or three issues. The way the Regulations were drafted seems to have favoured cartels in the industry and have actually killed the industry. More tellingly, the Regulations were presented to us last year yet public participation was undertaken in 2014 and 2015. When I looked at the list of the so-called “attendees” to the public participation forum for Busia County, I could not recall any. One name that I could recall, unfortunately, had left this world to go and stay with the maker wherever he is. You cannot make such fundamental Regulations that are going to affect the life of the ordinary farmer at the bottom of the pyramid and basically imagine, without consulting them, without even making any attempt to consult and update them. For the past few years, the Jubilee Government, through President Uhuru Kenyatta, has invested heavily in the textile industry. You cannot, therefore, purport to use things we were told in 2013/2014 to pass current Regulations. Over the years, we have heard of Bt cotton, hybrid cotton, online marketing, warehousing receipts system and all these new technologies and new legislative frameworks have come on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}