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    "id": 1159098,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1159098/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherargei",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I thank the Chairperson of the Committee for giving me the opportunity to second this Bill which is important. At the onset of devolution in the Republic of Kenya, one of the functions devolved to county governments in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution is agriculture. This is just to provide policy and legal framework concerning cotton issues that we have in the country. I have seen that Nandi, which is in the North Rift, is not among the counties that grow cotton. In Rift Valley, we have Baringo, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kajiado, Kericho, Turkana, and West Pokot. Madam Temporary Speaker, I can see a number of counties across the country, like Kisumu which is my neighbour, where you also hail from. It has been captured under Nyanza Region as well as Kakamega which is also neighbouring. There is a proposal to have a legal framework to establish the Cotton Industry Development Board. For other counties which I have not mentioned, the Board will have an option of introducing cotton like in Nandi. Among its functions will be to regulate and promote the development of cotton growing and cotton ginning in the country. It is worth noting that in the North Rift, particularly in Uasin-Gishu County, we have Rivatex which was revived the other day. In Kitui County, we have Kitui County Textile Centre (KICOTEC). There is one that was revived in central region and that is important. For example, Rivatex will require raw materials which are generated from cotton. I thank the Committee that has made it possible. I hope it will not end with the counties that have been mentioned. I can see Isiolo, where the Deputy Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Dullo, comes from has also been captured and that is important. Madam Temporary Speaker, we have the Rift Valley Textiles (Rivatex) East Africa Limited. We would want another cotton factory or industry established in Isiolo County in North Eastern, so that our people can have a market. We have been complaining that all the clothes we are wearing come from Dubai, France, Turkey and other countries. What are we doing as a country?"
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