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    "id": 1289299,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1289299/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
        "slug": "cherarkey-k-samson"
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    "content": "In Nandi County, June 2023, there was a total of Kshs175 million that went into recurrent expenditure. This was the disbursement from the Controller of Budget (COB), and more than Kshs310 million was given to development. El Nino is beginning across the country, and there is no feeder road that is passable in Nandi today. The feeder roads are managed by the county. We produce maize and it must be transported to Nairobi City County to ensure the cost of living comes down. The Presidents has done well by giving us fertilizer and incentives as farmers. The problem is that we cannot get our crop from the farm to the towns, in order to ensure that places such as Mandera County and other far-flung areas, which do not have the benefit of maize, are able to access it because our roads, especially feeder roads being managed by the Nandi County Government, are not passable. I saw a story on NTV that people in Tinderet Constituency were complaining that their roads were impassable, yet they want to access markets and take their crops such as sugarcane. We are part of the sugarcane nucleus. I am happy to see the Senate Majority Leader, through the Senate Majority Whip, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, will come up with the Sugar Bill. We are part of that nucleus, yet we cannot access to deliver the crop. Some of us are at pains. We are not sure whether to support more funds to"
}