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    "id": 1399109,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me start by supporting the Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale on fake fertiliser and to add that the Committee should consider conducting an inquiry into the entire subsidized fertiliser issue. Apart from the fake fertiliser that is being supplied, we have issues around fertiliser subsidy. For instance, this House passed the additional allocation money to our counties. I remember for my county, we passed Kshs97 million. This weekend, I was with my Governor and he said that they have not received that money. The idea around it was that counties are able to buy fertiliser that suits their soil, so that they can distribute to the farmers. However, we now have an instance where we pass money to the counties but the national Government is also venturing into a devolved role which is fertiliser subsidies. That confusion is there. It is also important to investigate the entire supply chain because this fertiliser was supplied to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) stores. Did they check that fertiliser? This fertiliser was approved by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KeBS). What happened? Those are the questions that we need to ask ourselves. There was a supplier of this fertiliser to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). Who is this person? Instead of going around in circles, there are fundamental questions that we need to ask with regard to fake fertiliser so that we get to the bottom of the matter. Two, there are some counties which are selling fertiliser at almost double the price of the national Government like Kakamega, which are my neighbours. Is there no synergy between the national Government and county governments on programmes like fertiliser subsidy? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to request the Committee to look at the matter of subsidized fertiliser holistically; fake fertiliser and other issues around it, so that our people get value for money."
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