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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "These Members are now confusing me. This is the way to govern a nation. You cannot see the evidence of these big things that he is doing today. It is going to take a bit of time when now, you unlock the jam of cases that are not being dealt with in the Judiciary since. This is because the Judiciary will be having its own budget and enough judges in the Court of Appeal and so on. This is the way we go so that Kenyans can access justice. It is important that we laud the President for speaking to the attempt to reverse the cost of high living. I will not go into details. He talked about fertiliser cost and housing. In housing, we all know how it is going to help in making sure that the cost of living goes down. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a farmer. I do sugarcane, dairy and maize farming. For a long time, I have been getting 18 bags of maize per acre. I used to avoid buying fertiliser because I was making a net loss. However, since fertiliser was cheaper, only Kshs2,500, I was encouraged. Senator of Siaya, I am glad that for the first time, I harvested 27 bags per acre. That is a huge difference. I can imagine if I had a big farm, I would have actually paid the school fees for my sons and daughters who are at the university. This is what we want to do for our economy. Speaking on the same maize, if you go to Kitale, Bungoma, Lugari, Trans Nzoia and Uasin Gishu, it is a bitter sweet. Do you know what has happened? Since we have produced more, again, the law of supply and demand has set in. A bag of maize, 90 kilograms which we were buying for Kshs8,000, now, has dropped down to Kshs3,600. It is bitter sweet. You are the people we feed; we are from 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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