{"id":1525547,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1525547/?format=json","text_counter":213,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":" I guess that is the problem. I suspect he did not get enough sleep while there. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this report and reply to a Petition by Mr. Kerich Kiprono, Hillary, a resident of Bomet County. I do not know exactly where in Bomet. However, as a House, we must continue to show appreciation to citizens who believe in the power of this House to resolve issues that affect them. When a citizen petitions this House to consider a matter that he finds to be grave, we must always remember that he is exercising a constitutional power that citizens of this country enjoy. The right to petition public institutions, one of which is the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. I must confess from the onset that I am not a very big fan of maize farming. I find maize farming to be one of the economic activities, which has impoverished my people. When I speak in public, I encourage them to diversify. They should grow sufficient maize for their own food, because you can never separate Kenyans from ugali . However, also divest and grow other crops that are high-income generating. There are Kenyans who draw their livelihood from this trade. As such, I do not want to judged by my comments. I have said this many times that the people who roam around the streets of Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu and Mombasa demanding that the price of"}