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    "id": 1403928,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Chairman, Sir, when we were doing the Second Reading, I am among the people who opposed this provision of Clause 59. I differ with my good friend Sen. Kajwang’ in the sense that, when we allow farmers to sit on the board of a private company, it goes against the dictates of the Companies Act. That is likely to discourage private investors from investing into our country. The second part of that clause talks about a representative of the farmers’ organization. This basically means, the farmers will sit, do an election and chose someone who will sit on the board of that private company. That in itself creates a risky situation for our private investor, because of the political process of choosing that representative among the growers. I think this Clause 59 is retrogressive and we should delete it. In any case, the Bill has a regulatory mechanism of managing challenges or interests of the farmers through the board. So, I support the deletion and differ with my good friend, Sen. Moses Kajwang’ on this."
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