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    "id": 1524036,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wafula",
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        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Development was handling documents and exchanging with the officials and the complainant clearly shows us that in spite of the Government's effort to bolden and strengthen cooperatives, if we are not careful, we will be entrenching corruption. People who do not have the goodwill and the interest of the people in these cooperatives will continue with their corrupt practices. It is a wake-up call to the Ministry of Cooperatives to ensure that they give the right people the opportunity to serve and flush out corrupt individuals who are hell-bent on manipulating, stifling the space of farmers and galloping their hard-earned money. I do not want to take much time. I thank the hon. Senators who have contributed to this Motion. They have equally spoken on the will and aspirations of Kenyans. I do not want to forget that agriculture is a devolved function. When you see Kenyans not running to the county assemblies with petitions, it means there is a problem. If these farmers cannot take their petitions to the county executives, there is a problem. This is a wake-up call to other committees. By the time these people move to the Senate, we need to pay enough attention to the monies at the devolved level. We have the Cherry Fund. Do we know what is happening in the Cherry Fund? We have lots of money going to fisheries. Do we know what is happening there? I want to commit, as the Committee for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, that we will leave no stone unturned. We are headed to the planting season. Subsidised fertiliser is available at a normal known price. As Sen. Mungatana said yesterday, you will realise that people are buying fertiliser at Kshs2,500 and selling it to farmers at Kshs7,500, which is immoral. The county government knows that the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) is selling fertiliser at Kshs2,500. The county proceeds to procure fertiliser for Kshs6,000. This is a blatant theft of public resources. Therefore, as a Committee, we will not hesitate to call them out and demand that they be respectful. Those of us who have contributed, Sen. Mungatana, my good friend, Senator from West Pokot, Sen. Maanzo, Sen. Joe Nyutu, and Sen. Munyi Mundigi, I appreciate your contribution and your commitment. I assure you that, as a committee, we will do what is necessary and possible. Finally, on the implementation and recommendations, as a committee, we will push that the implementation of these recommendations is done within the purview of the Constitution and the mandate given by the Senate, to ensure that the people of this scheme get their rightful share of the taxpayer's money. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.66(3), I request that you defer putting of the Question to a later date to allow Members to have a quorum for voting."
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