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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "When you go further than that, you see the role of the county government is spelt out very clearly. It means that in this board, there will be members who are primarily nominated by the CoGs to represent the interests of the counties. One of the roles of the county government spelt out in the Bill, will be to give financial support to the promotion of the development of the cotton industry. Lack of finances is part of the reasons why that industry has not been doing well. So, if this is spelt out in the roles that are given to the county governments, it means that this industry will thrive. Another very outstanding role that the county governments will be doing is offering of extension services in cotton production. This is an area that has been crying out yet agriculture is purely devolved. A number of our local people are crying. This is because even when seeds and fertilizers are given, the farmers rarely have extension officers to visit them. This means that they lack the technical advice that would otherwise make them do better with their farm produce. However, the sponsor has spelt out in the Bill. Another exciting role of the county government that is spelt out in the Bill is the promotion of organizations of associations of cotton farmers. This is critical because when you pull together, you network. That will make our farmers to access credit facilities as groups. There are many challenges in accessing credit, especially when you do it individually. To me, this is also very exciting. Another very important role that the Bill spells out is that it will enable farmers to do value addition because of the intensive role that the Bill gives to the county governments. Again, the county governments have one major role to monitor the farms. As they do extension services, they will be monitoring the farms. They will see issues that affect farmers like pests and diseases that attack crops. That is what has brought down the cotton industry in my area. This is because farmers deal with the issues of pests and diseases individually."
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