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    "id": 1376293,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chesang",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Chesang Allan Kiprotich",
        "slug": "chesang-allan-kiprotich"
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to make my contribution to the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) Report. First, I thank the Committee that sat. I appreciate the good job they did. This Report also brought peace to this country. I appreciate them for taking their time for dialogue. Secondly, I would like to thank my colleague, Sen. Sifuna, because I heard him yesterday say that he withdrew from this Dialogue Committee. I was just trying to imagine that if he had been present, this Committee would be continuing up to now. He, however, said that he withdrew for the betterment of a good report. On matters of food security, I have heard many Senators talk about our cost of living. I believe the Government has tried its best to reduce the cost of living. It has done so by providing subsidized fertilizers to all our farmers. Being a farmer from Trans Nzoia, I have seen that. I am sure that many farmers in this Country can testify that they have had subsidized fertilizer at a low cost of Kshs3,500. Now, the Government is giving subsidized fertilizer at Kshs2,500, which is already in my county. I would urge the Government to make sure that we sort this out. The Government has so much land. We have many of our jobless youths outside here. We appreciate the Government on trying to create and put Information Communication Technology (ICT) hubs across the counties, and create jobs in other avenues. However, we still have many of our youths who cannot go to these ICT Hubs. Most of them - as the President said - will not be able to go to Kaptenglei to access ICT Hubs. Maybe, all of them have no interest in matters of ICT. The Government should provide land and train our youths in farming, so that we can assist each other on matters of food security and create jobs for our youths. Thirdly, I would like to support what Sen. Kavindu Muthama talked on governors who are misusing funds. I support the Senator of Kiambu’s Bill on giving the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) their freedom by making sure that they receive their funds. I also support that we, as Senators from various counties, would be co-chairs of the committees that call our governors. It does not make sense when a Senator from a certain county is called to a Committee as a friend. We want to be part and parcel of following these funds and making sure that we do our oversight well. Lastly, I support the women in this House. I do so because I love women."
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