{"id":1242190,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1242190/?format=json","text_counter":880,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Beth Syengo","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Cotton Industry Development Bill (Senate Bills No.5 of 2023) be read a Second Time. The object of this Bill is to provide for policy and institutional framework within which cotton industry operates by establishing Cotton Development Board. When I was growing up, cotton was being grown in this country. It was one of the major foreign exchange earners. So many communities in Kenya used cotton to earn a living. The collapse of the cotton industry brought massive loses to the Government and farmers. Lack of a Cotton Development Board (CDB) has led to so many challenges in"}