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    "id": 1147488,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1147488/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "that coffee continues to become a problem. As the Government of the bottom-up people, one of our proposals is to look at how to guarantee minimum returns for our farmers. When we implement and guarantee minimum returns to our farmers even at the coast through the bottom-up--- I can Sen. Madzayo is excited because he really wants to see this Government of bottom-up economic model. Every farmer will get guaranteed minimum returns. That is the only way we will finish these cartels that continue to frustrate our farmers in the coffee, tea, sugar and milk sectors. The only way to fix this is a bullet called “guaranteed minimum returns to our farmers”. The Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has spoken passionately about coffee. I remember we had a fight in this House, when the World Bank gave us Kshs10 billion through the Coffee Cherry Fund. We fought over it in this House. The CS was summoned but he did not give us concrete answers. This is even on record in the HANSARD of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when we want to do these reforms, these people do not want, because they want to play around with funds, such as the Kshs10 billion Coffee Cherry Fund from the World Bank. They fear regulations and legal framework that ensure transparency and accountability of managing public funds that belong to farmers."
}