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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "cause of this is the fake seeds that were supplied to the farmers. The most unfortunate situation is that the Government took more than ten years for to phase it out of the market. One of the requests that the petitioner sought is compensation. It is sad that in the year 2012, the Government rejected a request for compensation on the basis of lack of a policy. I believe that the proposed Bill sponsored by the Senator for Narok County, who is my neighbour, Sen. Olekina, will set up an enactment on the compensation to farmers. With that, if farmers are made to lose their harvest or investment courtesy of such fake seedlings or inability in the part of Government to create interventions, then they are entitled to compensation. I believe that in the context of the recommendation that has been made by the committee on the Petition filed, the demand for compensation is still alive. I believe that in the fullness of time, the farmers who sought for compensation having suffered for that period because the Government did not intervene will get compensation. I want to appreciate the contribution by the Members and the Members of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries who went out of their way. I wish that they visited this county to experience what farmers went through. However, in the absence of that visit, they still submitted before the House a report that I wish it will be implemented. Earlier on, in the Liaison Committee, we discussed that even though the Senate does not have an implementation Committee, we need to consider creating a Liaison Committee that comprises all the Chairpersons of the Committees and have it as an Implementation Committee. There is need for the reports that are relevant and core to the lowest level of representation that we have in this House be implemented. If we do so, we will ensure that the farmers or any other person who has been affected by such mishaps in the course of Government administration are compensated for lose that they incur. I support this Petition. I also want to tell Hilary that he should proceed to fight for the interest of the farmer and those who are unable to get to the place that he took this Petition to."
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