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    "id": 1242237,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "This Bill excites me. The Second Schedule of the Bill has the Nyanza region and Homa Bay County where I come from, is the first on the list. This is not to say that the other counties do not excite me. In my childhood years in my home, my grandparents were great cotton farmers. Ideally, a number of people went to school in those days because of cotton growing. We all grew up working on the cotton farms as we were schooling. It was exciting to be taken through the process by our grandparents. One of the previous speakers narrated the challenge we would go through as we harvested. You would go about 100 or 200 metres away, but on looking behind where you started, it would be all white. It gave us so much work to do, but the happiness in this was that there were more cotton seeds that were sprouting up. This was the fun and beauty of it because it meant the quantity kept on increasing. In my region, there was an outstanding industry called Kisumu Cotton Mill (KICOMI) in Kisumu County. KICOMI gave my region a lifeline. School leavers would not sit at home the way they do today. There was somewhere to be employed because of the thriving cotton industry then. Today, the place is gloomy. Some students in this region have nowhere to turn to for casual work or even work on contract as they wait to join tertiary education. This is specifically why I am excited about this Bill. If cotton thrives in Homa Bay County where I come from, then the economy of the whole County will thrive. My people are excited because Homa Bay County is a cotton growing region. Madam Temporary Speaker, if this Bill will help in the promotion of cotton growth, then it means that in one way or the other, Homa Bay County will have something to invest in and farmers can smile about. I am excited about this Bill because the sponsors spelt out very comprehensive management of the industry. That there shall be a board that will be created. I am excited because in the composition of the board, there will be representation of about six farmers. To me, this is exciting because half of the board will be managed by half cotton farmers who know what they want on the board."
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