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    "id": 1565391,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to oppose this Motion. Probably, it will be good for me to explain why, so that Members do not think that I am at variance with what the Committee is proposing. There is a little technicality on how this Motion is drafted. The Motion before us, as moved by the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, is that the National Assembly amendments to the Coffee Bill be now considered, yet if you look at the report of the Committee, they have rejected quite a number of those amendments. That means the Committee wants us to go through a mediation process. If you consider, it means we have to sit as a Committee of the Whole, reject those amendments and then send them to the National Assembly for us to have a mediation to consider the amendments again. Therefore, there is no proper fluency based on how this Motion was drafted. The easiest thing that I urge my colleagues to do is that for us to achieve what the Committee wants us to do, which is to reject some of the amendments by the National Assembly, is to defeat this Motion to necessitate formation of a mediation committee between us and the National Assembly. Thereafter, we will pass the mediated version of the Bill, which will be agreed on by the two Houses. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a very simple and straightforward matter. For that reason, I oppose this Motion and agree to the reasoning behind the rejection of the amendments by the National Assembly because coffee is not just any ordinary crop. I am a proud representative of coffee, tea and sugarcane farmers. Hardly do farmers appreciate the Government effort in any particular industry. In my time here in the Senate, there are only two or three occasions that I have done that. In 2021 when we passed the Tea Bill that was sponsored by yours truly and farmers began receiving their payments by 5th of every month as opposed to the previous The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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