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    "id": 1462296,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to start by thanking Sen. Sifuna. Indeed, these are people we need in this country, so that equity can prevail. I also want to add my voice to the various Statements that have been raised today. Let me start by commending the Head of State, His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, for forming a broad-based Government. It is not about where the individuals who are named to be part of the Cabinet came from. It is the spirit. Once we realise that this country belongs to all of us; once we realise that there is need for us to speak with one another; once we realise that nobody has a monopoly of knowledge; once we realise that this country is greater than any one of us, that is the moment we will start moving this country forward. Sports in this country has made Kenya a great name across the world. However, as a country, we have not done justice to the ambassadors who have made us proud to ensure that our name, flag and the national anthem is sung in all Olympic stadia across the globe. Therefore, I concur with my colleagues that it is high time we invested a little bit more in sports. Most importantly, we must come up with a policy. I agree that we should start considering giving counties conditional grants for them to invest in sports. We should not stop there. We must come up with a blueprint on how it should be implemented. We know that different counties are endowed with different resources. That also goes for sports. Therefore, it is imperative to start exploring avenues that can give our young people who have talents an opportunity to compete in international arenas. That can only happen if we put equipment and resources in place to enable them compete with others from other countries. Issues facing tea, coffee, and milk sectors have been raised here. I sit in the Committee on Agricultural, Livestock and Fisheries. Attempts by the Committee to ensure that we revive those sectors by formulating Bills and amending laws that are there have not been successful because we, as a country, have started concentrating on non- issues, leaving issues that affect our people which are more important, including issues facing coffee, tea and milk sectors. When we were campaigning around this country, we promised our electorate that we will ensure that we came up with an elaborate and comprehensive solution. We promised to put in place a sound legal framework that will ensure that exploitation of farmers by cartels comes to an end. When we hear about tonnes of tea lying at the Port of Mombasa, it makes us sad. Just the other day, our shilling was stronger against the dollar. Therefore, farmers could have reaped the benefits. However, we have waited for too long. Now, the dollar is getting weak, the Kenyan shilling is gaining and this will make the farmers to lose. Madam Temporary Speaker, in light of the broad-based government, it is imperative that as a House and Senators, without being seen as if we are going to bed with the Executive, we address this. Nobody has monopoly of knowledge. It is an opportunity for all of us to set a new beginning, which is people-centric and inspires the young generation to start taking part in agripreneurship."
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