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    "id": 1250997,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "I am happy she is the first among the equals. She has led us on the issue of agriculture which largely affect counties like where I come from, in Nandi County. I would like to commend and congratulate her because she is cutting a niche in the legislative world and parliamentary procedures. She is a trailblazer in women leadership in the country. I see there are a number of girls in the Public Gallery. She is, therefore, an inspiration to the young students following the proceedings from the Public Gallery. On the issue of agricultural extension services, when most of us were growing up, we used to see people with motorbikes. I see they have now been given to the chiefs. Where I come from in Nandi County, we deal with coffee, sugar cane, the dairy sector, tea and maize. When we were growing up, we used to see people come with white motorbikes. They would look at the cows and our parents would call them to find out when they would come. This is one of the serious failures of the county governments. We should not be putting a legislation because agriculture is a devolved function. We should have expected the county governments to have done this without legislation. This is how we improve the turnover. I am happy that in the current administration, the President is keen on food security. Once the extension officers are in place, they will supervise farmers to ensure there is quality in terms of production. When we talk about technology, this is the food security that we have seen the Government talking about and the issue of subsidized fertilizer. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I can confirm to this House and to many of my friends who are asking about the unga and the flour prices, if you give three to four months, we can assure the people who are carrying the sufuria’s on their heads that we will need to bring them down and place it on their jiko. In the next five to six months, we will be able to produce enough maize and ensure that there is proper unga for each Kenyan. This is because the Government ensured under the Presidency of President William Ruto to reduce the price of the fertilizer from Kshs7,000 to now Kshs2,500. I am happy the uptake of subsidized fertilizer improved greatly. I know there is a song by Burning Spear that says that we are not stupid. Burning Spears sang, ‘Hey! Hey! Hey! We are not stupid’. We will ensure that the things paraphrased in the reggae song by Burning Spear ‘Hey! Hey! Hey! We are not stupid’ are achieved. I assure the country that under the leadership of President (Dr.) William Ruto there would be good things. Life will become better in the next few months as the singer Burning Spear in that reggae song said. Therefore, that is what we want to build in terms of food security. The issue of research and extension services is very critical. I am looking at the possibility of commingling because we have the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KARLO), the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Agricultural Food Authority (AFA). I know Sen. Maanzo had a lot of discussion about AFA in the last session."
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