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"content": "I like Mr. Ahmed Nassir Abdullahi, Senior Counsel, who has been consistent in calling out corruption in the Judiciary. Those judges who had been caught participating in corruption must not only be fired, but also subjected to a judicial process so that we get a clean Judiciary. The other issue is of farmers. I thank the President. When he took over Government, the cost of a bag of fertiliser was Kshs7,000. Last planting season, we bought fertilizer at Kshs3,500. Now, we are buying fertiliser at Kshs2,500. This fertiliser will be given to maize, tea, coffee, sugarcane and other farmers through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). I thank the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Hon. Linturi, for spearheading distribution of subsidised fertiliser. I do not know about other counties, but the management of the County Government of Nandi is on auto pilot. After getting the subsidy programme, I expected the Governor of Nandi County and the County Government to do what we call last mile distribution of fertiliser, so that we do not need to go to Lesos (NCPB) Board. That way, it becomes easy for farmers to save transport costs noting that the cost of fuel is quite high. I thank the President. We now have maize driers. We harvested when it was raining and to avoid the issue of aflatoxin, the driers have been provided at Kshs70 from Kshs300 per bag. I also thank the Deputy President, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua. He has been leading the reforms in the coffee, tea and milk sectors. I know the President is watching. We have a problem because one litre of milk has gone down to Kshs32. We want at least Kshs50 per litre of milk, so that farmers can get value. On the reforms of the coffee sector, His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua should ensure through Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund, that all counties get it. In the last session, we got Kshs10 billion through Coffee Cherry Advance Revolving Fund, but Nandi County did not get it yet we have coffee. I went to Kaprer and Kipsiele Farmers’ Cooperative Society. There are many cooperative societies in Tinderet up to Soba. Almost the entire Nandi County is growing coffee. In this Coffee Chery Advance Revolving Fund, we want Nandi County to be included. I thank the Government for increasing coffee prices from Kshs20 to Kshs80 per kilo. I continue encouraging the Deputy President to continue facing the coffee and agricultural sector cartels who continue to threaten our farmers. He should fear nothing. As a Christian, they always say fear those who kill the soul, but do not fear those who kill the body. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope we shall be able to get value out of those reforms that the Deputy President is spearheading in the agricultural sector. Another issue is on sugarcane. Sen. Oketch Gicheru should be excited because the Government has waived Kshs117 billion to sugar factories that are owned by the Government. This will give a new lease of life to Mumias, Chemelil and Nzoia Sugar companies. Most of those regions are occupied by Azimio supporters. You can see the President is non-discriminative in bringing development across the country. Also sugarcane farmers will be paid Kshs1.7 billion. I know Christmas will come early to the people from those regions. I encourage them to use that Kshs1.7 billion being paid to farmers to advance their planting. I do not want to see them adding more wives and children or buying new toys and cars. 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 and AudioServices, Senate."
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