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    "id": 1475212,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "10 and 118 of the Constitution of Kenya, parliamentary processes and public participation forms an integral part. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am happy you attended the session where His Excellency President Dr. William Ruto came and launched the Fifth Action Plan of Open Governance Programme. Apart from the issues at the Executive and Judiciary, we are now moving to legislative integrity, openness and public participation in terms of legislative programme. I ask Sen. (Prof.) Kamar and the team here in Parliament that let us also encourage other nations and parliaments of Kenya and across the world, even the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) and other regional parliamentary groups to borrow from the European Union Parliamentary Group and the Westminster style of Parliament that we normally have. Of importance that has captured my attention is the relocation of the CPA Headquarters to Africa. We are looking to the future where Africa will become a very integral part of the process going into the future. In Nigeria, we have a federal form of government or federal legislative assembly. Here in Kenya, we have county assemblies. We need to cascade down the best practices and exchanges, so that we ensure the county assemblies operate because the National Parliament reflects the county assemblies that we have. We have tried to ensure that county assemblies work in Kenya by ensuring that the Salaries and Renumeration Commission (SRC) review the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) personal welfare by giving them more development funds and financial autonomy to allow them to do the oversight without the political patronage of individual governors and county governors across the nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, I agree that we need to host the Association headquarters and change it from a charitable body to inter-parliamentary organ so that we can anchor in our own processes we have a House. The third point I want to make in quick succession is on the issue of food security that was captured in Ghana. This is where we are headed as a nation. Almost 80 per cent of any family's budget here in Nairobi City County, across the country and world, normally goes to food. Therefore, we must be ready. Madam Temporary Speaker, I come from a farming community. We plant tea, sugar, coffee - like the region you come from - maize, and we even produce and process milk. However, some of us are not happy with the tea bonuses that we got the other day. I know you are getting between Kshs57 to Kshs61. In the Rift Valley - Kericho, Bomet, Nandi, Kisii, Nyamira, Vihiga, Bungoma counties - we were getting between Kshs15 to Kshs25, yet we are not being told the reason there is a huge difference between tea bonuses that come to our region, The issue of food security is very critical and important. I want to ask the Parliament of Kenya and challenge the National Assembly because I saw their Majority Leader speaking on other things that are not of importance in this country. As we talk today, the Coffee Bill (Senate Bills No.10 of 2023), the Mung Beans Bill (Senate Bills No.13 of 2023), the Prevention of Livestock and Produce Theft Bill (Senate Bills No.12 of 2023) - sponsored by yours truly - are lying in the National Assembly. Even the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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