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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kavindu Muthama",
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    "content": "and facilitate them, so that they can continue with farming. Farming is not cheap. It is expensive. You will find that the middlemen are the ones who benefit more than the farmers. Therefore, we must encourage farmers to do farming so that they continue to provide food for this country. We must look at the wellbeing of the farmers by giving them seeds and fertilizers. We should also encourage them with good prices for their farm produce. When this industry is revived, people will have work to do. They will earn a living from it and even be able to support their families. We hear that there is unemployment in our country. However, there is a lot that can be done to enable majority of Kenyans to get jobs. This cotton industry is one of them. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this country also used to have the sisal industry when I was growing up. During the colonial period and even after, sisal was being grown and harvested. Unfortunately, the industry collapsed and died. If the cotton, sisal and coffee industries can be revived, then we will create jobs for Kenyans. You know majority of the people stopped coffee farming because of poor prices. If the farmers can be looked after and their produce bought at good prices, they can be motivated to do farm without being discouraged. They key people to revive this are the farmers, only if they are fully supported. It does not matter which kind of farming, even livestock, maize and beans farming need to be supported in order to produce enough for our people. I support."
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