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    "id": 1515231,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Marakwet East, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kangogo Bowen",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support the three nominees for the Cabinet Secretaries positions. I want to say a few things starting with Hon. Kagwe. I support his nomination as a Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development. When Hon. Kagwe was the Cabinet Secretary for Health, at a very difficult time when the country was fighting the COVID- 19 disease, he proved himself as a capable Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Health then. Agriculture is the backbone of our country. In the last few months, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has been on the wrong for many things, especially fertilizer. Many farmers were affected a few months ago because of the fake fertilizers which were there last year. I want to ask the Cabinet Secretary nominee as he takes over the Ministry, once he is approved by this House, to make sure that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development becomes the backbone our economy. He should support the farmers of this country to produce enough for this country. It is important when a majority of Kenyans, 90 per cent of our people are farmers, are getting a little support from the Government. The cartels we have in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development are quite a number. There are many middlemen in coffee and tea farming and farmers do not benefit from their produce. We seek that once the Cabinet Secretary is in that office, he should be able to help the Kenyan farmers. On the issue of ICT under the Hon. Kabogo, if approved by this House as a Cabinet Secretary, it is an emerging technology that has many challenges; from fraud, hacking and many things. There is a need to regulate the industry. There is a lot to be done in the industry to make sure that the new ICT digitisation in the country is used for the benefit of the people and the young people, and that it is not a platform for abuse or for people to do illegal activities. When it comes to Hon. Lee Kinyanjui, we want also to support him in the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry. Our imports and exports determine our balance between the shilling and the dollar. When we have a lot of exports as a country, we benefit from foreign exchange. Currently, we are importing more than what we are exporting. So, we expect that when Hon. Lee Kinyanjui comes in, he will take up the Ministry to the next level to benefit Kenyan traders. I support the three nominees."
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