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    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "warehouse receipt, your child should never be sent away from school because it is as good as cash. To what extent have our farmers understood that concept or is it just the big millers and farmers, who are taking advantage of that situation? Taking advantage of good storage facilities offered by the National Cereal and Produce Board (NCPB). I believe that they have one of the registered warehouses where you can make your depository of crop and get a warehouse receipt. Since I sit with Sen. Wakoli in the Committee on Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, it is time for this House to query, to what extent has a warehouse receipt system been adopted in this country? What is the level of understanding or appreciation of our farmers? Maize farmers walk around as if they are the poorest people. We can only fix that by bringing them back to the cash economy. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I finalize, because this is a Petition, and already the committee has given directives, for me, my only emphasis is let us help our farmers to get the best practice, science and innovations that can help them to do agriculture, not just as a hobby, but as a cash and economically empowering activity. Let us also push the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development because we do not have a clear agricultural sector strategy in this country. When the late President Hon. Mwai Kibaki took over, we had the strategy for revitalisation of agriculture. Through the strategy for revitalisation of agriculture, we collapsed all the many parastatals and put up one thing called the Agriculture Food Fisheries Authority (AFFA). Ten years later, from AFFA, we have divested fishery, livestock, tea, coffee and milk. We have reversed everything that the Kibaki’s Government put forth. That was what was going to help us realise Vision 2030. Today, we do not have a coherent plan. The last one was called Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy that was launched by either hon. Munya or Linturi. The current Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development should come to this House and tell us what is the overarching agricultural sector strategy. How does it fit into the Vision 2030? We need to ensure that our farmers are not just beggars. That our farmers, particularly women and youth, can also be part of the cash economy. Madam Temporary Speaker, with that, I support. Thank you."
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