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    "id": 1251011,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "extension officers as opposed to ward administrators. I agree on the aspect of training and ensuring that counties are held accountable. I want to challenge the people who will engage the Council of Governors (CoG) and the Senate between Friday and Sunday. Please, you must bring the issue of agriculture on the table. It is one of the key devolved functions besides health. I want to laud the governor of West Pokot County. He had invited me to preside over handing of seeds that were worth over Kshs74 million at Makutano Stadium in West Pokot. He was able to identify families and he gave them seeds and fertilizer to plant. That is the spirit that we want to see in counties. Agriculture works. The reason why we have a conversation about health being brought back to Nairobi is because it does not work in the villages. There are no drugs and people are dying from normal diseases and ignorance. For instance, a young man had a boda boda accident and was taken to Maraba Sub-County Hospital. They delayed in attending to him and unfortunately, he passed on. In a facility somewhere in Nandi which I do not want to mention, a young expectant lady went for scanning. The officer in charge told her that she was expecting twins. The young lady prepared for twins. When it came to the time of giving birth, she only gave birth to one child. It is like a case in Ugandan hospital where they thought that a person had a cockroach but unfortunately, they did not know that the cockroach was in the microscope. Therefore, that is what is happening. I told the lady to demand that the county gives her the other baby because they had said they were two and she got only one. In my closing remarks, I think this is the best Bill for those of us who come from agricultural growing areas. We thank Sen. Tabitha Mutinda for this wonderful Bill. We are proud of her. I know I did not touch on dairy. It is one of the key areas that we need to look at, especially the technology and improvement of the hybrids. In the words of Burning Spear in his song, Not Stupid, things will be better in the fullness of time. I second the Bill and congratulate the Senator."
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