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"speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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"content": "to say one thing: there is a tendency to over-romanticise the past. With this new effort in the cotton production drive, we have to forget the past. Cotton was introduced in this country through borrowed means. It is the colonialists who brought an extremely sad and dark past through cotton picking in plantations. This was used in the enslavement of black people. The model that was used in the enslavement of black people is the one that we borrowed. I am excited about this new drive because I am certain that in 2024, Kenya can devise its own new approach to cotton production. We also have to ask ourselves why a Member of Parliament from Nairobi is speaking about cotton. The cotton value chain starts from the farmer all the way to processing and marketing. Cities like Nairobi will be very critical when it comes to research, value addition, and marketing of cotton. Finally, and I hope my minutes will be retained, we also need to explore new avenues. There is a drive to pull hemp products out of Healthy U branches in Kenya because people are unable to dichotomise between hemp and cannabis."
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