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    "id": 1251009,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "your wife to open the door very quickly, especially where I come from in the South Rift. You just ensure that it touches the door as you knock then you can go in very first. Thank you, Sen. Okenyuri. I know you also come from the region where they also plant tea in Nyamira and Kisii counties. I know they also have a challenge of tea plucking machines. The fourth point that I want to make is the issue of the transfer of technology and food nutrition as they are very important. As we make sure food is being processed and given out, it is very important for this food to have nutritional value. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as you aware, where I even come from, people are suffering from malnutrition in this country. I do not want to say in this House because somebody can say I am casting aspersions to colleagues. Are you aware that most Kenyans are malnourished? You will get somebody eating ugali and potatoes. That is carbohydrates. Then they may add sukuma. We need to diversify what we eat to improve on the nutritional value. The transfer of technology will even improve on hybrids and their nutritional value will go up. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will go to my fifth point. I do not want to go to the issue of the board of directors and the constitution of the board because this is a straightforward matter. I want to quickly go to the last two points on the role of county governments. I said the last time that there is a conversation that health should be brought back to Nairobi. Counties are letting us down. I know that the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries knows that the National Agriculture and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NAGRIP) has become successful in most counties. However, some of the counties took this donor money, decided to buy fingerlings, and took them to a flowing river in some particular county. I do not want to mention the county. You have seen even governors giving out eggs and chicks to people who do not even have the capacity. There is an environment in which these broiler chicks stay so that they can grow. Therefore, NAGRIP has been abused. I want to challenge the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to carry out an audit on NAGRIP and conditional grants because agriculture gets a lot of money. In Nandi, NAGRIP was a facade. I remember there was a project worth billions of shillings for constructing a temporary dam in Kamasai, Kabiyet Ward, Mosop sub county. This money was diverted. The proposal by NAGRIP had intended to ensure that there is water for the people of Kamasai in Kabiyet Ward, Mosop sub county, Nandi County. They used to donate coffee seedlings under NAGRIP. Then, they go and give a farmer only two or five seedlings of coffee. What will it do? I do not know whether these miracles happen only in Nandi County or in other counties. My county is unique in doing things in the opposite and wrong direction. I hope that NAGRIP will be audited. The counties should be proactive. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda has tried to even be prescriptive because counties have failed. They do not have extension officers. I thought extension officers could be used to even collect data. It is easier to collect data through"
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