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    "id": 1561141,
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    "speaker_name": "Ikolomani, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benard Shinali",
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    "content": " These are several regions. Let me mention a few items being produced by these factories. Dandora Factory in Nairobi County produces fresh milk, yoghurt, mala, butter and cheese products; Eldoret Factory in Uasin Gishu County produces fresh milk, mala, long life and milk powder; Nyahururu Factory in Laikipia County produces extended shelf life and long-life milk products; Sotik Factory in Bomet County produces fresh milk, extended shelf life and long-life milk products; Miritini Factory in Mombasa County produces fresh milk; Kitale Factory in Trans Nzoia County produces ghee, butter, and milk powder; and Kiganjo Factory in Nyeri County produces milk powder and bottling services. Let me move to the specific Statement as requested by Ambassador Francis, Member for Sotik Constituency. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wish to submit the following response from the Cabinet Ministry of Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development to address specific issues raised by the Hon. Member. First, it is on the upgrading of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries Sotik Processing Plant, including the current earnings of dairy farmers since its upgrading and the measures put in place to implement buying of milk from dairy farmers at Ksh55 to increase their earnings and attract more deliveries. To address these issues, several old, obsolete machines were replaced with modern, efficient machinery that was successfully installed and has been running. Some of the equipment that were procured and installed in Sotik and have been in use include, the supply, installation and commissioning of Aseptic Tetrahedron milk filling machine; supply, installation and commissioning of Refrigeration Compressor; supply, installation and commissioning of 650 KVA Generator set; construction of a production store; supply, installation and commissioning of an automatic Clean-in-Place (CIP) system; and outsourced stream from biomass boilers as an alternative source to fuel Solar power as an alternative source of energy Secondly, Sotik cluster farmers' earnings are currently at an average of Ksh85 million per month, which means it is at about Ksh1.02 billion a year. The New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) has continuously improved the unit price for farmers' milk across the country, including Sotik cluster. Currently, milk prices are at the National Government-guided price of a minimum of Ksh50 per litre of milk delivered to a New KCC facility across the country. The Member also wanted to know the steps taken to address the low wages of casuals at the new KCC factories. Considering the high cost of living and inflation in the country, including payments of overtime allowances as required by law, the New KCC employs staff as per the Government of Kenya’s labour guidelines and within the new KCC Human Resource Policy. Secondly, the dairy business in Kenya is seasonal, given that majority of Kenyan farmers are weather-dependent. Such a business has systems that allow staff to work overtime, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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