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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ruku GK (",
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    "content": "Mbeere North, DP): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Committee on Delegated Legislation, to which I am a Member, listened to the cries of the coffee farmers in this country. It is true that over the years cartels have termed them as not actual coffee farmers and yet they are. As a House of the people, we want to ensure that a coffee farmer is the owner of the coffee from the time he plants it all the way to the time he sells it. We have to restore the dignity of all the farmers in this country, and more so coffee farmers. There is a big number of cartels who sit in very expensive hotels in this city and other countries waiting for the coffee grown by very poor farmers so that they can reap where they never sowed. That is why the Committee on Delegated Legislation came up with this Report so that the House can nullify these regulations. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is high time that the Parliament of Kenya rose to the occasion and restored dignity to the farmers of this country. We have been poor and have been taken advantage of for many years. The 13th Parliament must take care of those who are at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid. That is exactly why the Committee on Delegated Legislation came up with these recommendations. I beg to reply and with your permission, I want to donate two minutes to the Member for Molo."
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