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    "id": 1299397,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion of making Eldoret a City. The first time the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Devolution and Inter-Governmental Relations, Sen. Abass, moved for the adoption of the report, I did not have the opportunity to say something. I laud the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations led by Sen. Abass and other Committee Members for this wonderful report. Eldoret is the Capital City of North Rift by all standards and ability. Eldoret is not far from Mosoriot where I come from. It is less than forty kilometres. For us who have lived around that region, the Town has continued to grow. It is high time we have the opportunity of give city status to Eldoret Municipality to become Eldoret City. You have to note that Eldoret is an agricultural Town. It is now becoming an educational town or soon to be City. You will find there Moi, Mount Kenya and virtually all universities including the University of Eldoret, Chepkoilel. There are also many colleges and international schools within Eldoret Town. As an agricultural Town, you will see the major practices of agriculture especially on maize. This is where the capital City of maize should be essentially because it is Kitale and Uasin Gishu. I have heard that Eldoret Town is soon to be a city and a capital of National Cereals and Produce Board. We should not be having it here in Nairobi. We should be having it in Eldoret because the main produce is milk and maize. Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to challenge the management of Eldoret City to ensure that they make it an agricultural town. When we were growing up and agriculture was doing very well, we used to have an Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) and Peugeot Centre. In that centre, after selling maize at good prices, our old men and women would just walk to Peugeot and buy cars. I also want to thank the Government at this point because, unlike in the previous harvest, we have been given Kshs4,000 for 90 kilograms of maize. At least the strategic grain reserve is going to buy one million bags of maize at Kshs4 billion that has been allocated, including other grains, which will cover the whole country, including your county, where you come from. You have to note that we have almost 40 commercial banks in Eldoret, apart from having Central Bank from that region. I am happy that we have over 40 commercial banks. It means that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Eldoret outside Nairobi City is doing very well. It shows the confidence that investors have with Eldoret City. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is also an agricultural showground. We are also lucky in that region because we have an international airport, called Eldoret International Airport, and you have used it yourself on several occasions. I know you are also a Member of this Committee and you have been to that airport. I have seen assertions and misnomers that in the Eldoret International Airport, the cargo planes cannot land because there is a short runway; that the runway for big planes like Boeing 787 and 737 cannot land in Eldoret. It is not true. The runway is sufficient. We need to use Eldoret International Airport. When we have a problem at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, we should be able to divert our flights to Eldoret International Airport and Kisumu International Airport. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
}