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    "id": 1353052,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1353052/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13217,
        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "abused the funds. I will replace the word ‘steal’ with the words ‘abuse or misuse of the funds.’ The counties must spend their own emergency funds before blaming the national Government. Why are counties in Northern Kenya able to buy food and yet Kakamega County is unable to support families that have been affected by floods? My area has also been affected by floods. In 2020, the national Government gave counties emergency funds for the pandemic. The national Government will have to allocate counties funds because of the floods. Counties affected by floods should make special supplementary budgets to cover the damage caused. Let us use the advantage of the rain. There will be a bumper harvest because of the ongoing rains. There are only two or three minutes remaining. On the issue of fertilizer, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development needs to advise us on what we should be consumed. We are told that one of the causes of cancer is consuming meat that has drugs used to treat the animal. As a country, we need to move to organic fertilizer so that we avoid some diseases. Some of the pesticides we use were banned in the USA because they cause cancer. We need to ban some of the pesticides and acaricides that contaminate our food. This is partly why we cannot export our products to the EU. The type of pesticides and acaricides we use are not suitable for consumption. The President has added Kshs8.2 billion to the fertilizer subsidy programme. He has also signed the supplementary budget that was passed by the National Assembly. As the Government provides subsidised fertilizer to all farmers across the country, let them ensure that the fertilizers issued to farmers are organic to protect our people. We need meat control regulations in order to have a proper way of handling meat. I beg to support this Bill. As we go into the festive season, I advise Kenyans to be careful about how they handle food. Let us wash our hands and maintain hygiene. We do not want our people getting sick because of consuming contaminated food. Public health officials should be on high alert as festivities and other ceremonies increase. We should put measures in post-harvest management across the country. We need to process this Bill fast so that it can be assented to and become a law."
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