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    "id": 1259513,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and hon. colleagues. I was in the process of moving this Bill yesterday when the time for sitting lapsed. So, I will continue to move the Bill. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for reminding that I have 40 minutes to move. I will try not to spend all the time. I see there are Senators in the House who have been waiting to comment on this Bill since yesterday. So, I will give them an opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I had done Part One, Clause 3 on the objects of the Bill. I will just recap and create a nexus between what we did yesterday and what we will today. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as I continue to move this Bill, there are farmers even today on Wednesday, in various market places across the regions where mung beans are grown, who are being exploited by business people and middlemen. Where I come from in Kitui, it is very unfortunate that the prices continue to drop each passing day. I am told in several markets in Kitui today, the middlemen are buying the cereal at Kshs50 a kilogramme down from Kshs100 just two weeks ago. From tomorrow and next week, the same beans will be sold at supermarkets at more than Kshs260 per kilogramme. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a mischief that we are trying to kill and cure in this Bill. Part B (2) of this Bill assigns responsibilities to the national and county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir and Members, you will realize that one of the biggest challenges that we are having as we pursue devolution in this country is that part of the functions that are devolved should be performed by the national Government. In that confusion, where we are not sure what the national or county Government mandarins are supposed to be doing, the farmers in the middle suffer. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill specifically assigns roles and responsibilities to the two levels of government. The duties of the national Government"
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