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    "id": 1504210,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Yes, he is always here, but the Vice- Chairperson of that Committee is never here. If you count the Members of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, a handful are here. I am serving them notice. I know the whips are here and they know what to do. Hon. Millie Odhiambo knows what to do as the Minority Whip. Equally, Hon. Osoro knows what to do with Members of this Committee who are not here to transact their own business. Members of Parliament who come from coffee- growing areas should also be present. Hon. Speaker, as you said, it is not enough to shout in funerals on how much you are pushing for coffee farmers, yet when you should be pushing legislation that will benefit them, you are never here. After this, you will hear Members over the weekend saying: “we legislated and passed the Bill”. You passed it yet you were not here and did not contribute even a word in the enactment of that legislation! I will list all constituencies that grow coffee, including those with potential. Yesterday, the Member for Ainabkoi told us that he was the first farmer to introduce coffee in Uasin Gishu County. Therefore, when we talk about coffee growing areas, we want to see Members from Uasin Gishu County and other coffee growing regions. Hon. Sunkuli has been here because he knows that farmers in Kilgoris are now growing coffee. So, it is not just Members from Central Kenya or Mount Kenya region, where coffee is traditionally grown, who should participate. Hon. Speaker, as you said, I have seen coffee in Endebess, Trans Nzoia County. I am glad that Hon. Magufuli, Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi…"
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