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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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    "content": "Commissioner for Co-operatives Development based in Nairobi and 47 county directors for co-operatives, so that we do not undermine anyone. The biggest threat to devolution are claw-back clauses. This legislation by the National Assembly wants to claw back some of the devolved functions like health and co-operatives. We need to be very careful as a Senate. The price of democracy is eternal vigilance. Therefore, we must be vigilant. There is a saying that when one’s goat goes missing, the aroma of the neighbour’s soup becomes suspicious. We should be careful about what the National Assembly wants to achieve because they are slowly taking functions of the counties and transferring them back. They are telling us that the National Government-Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) has done much more than the counties. They say that before you kill a dog, you give it a bad name. There is corruption everywhere. I want to challenge Members of the National Assembly. If they have balls of steel--- I am sorry, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. If they have courage, they should oversight the work of the national Government. There is so much corruption everywhere. We should be calling the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). I pity and empathize with Garissa County, because unfortunately, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the EACC comes from Garissa County. I do not know whether he will be conflicted and whether he will take action against the County Government of Garissa. That is a story for another day. The final point that I would like to make is on the structure of cooperatives. I am happy there are producer cooperatives that will encourage farmers. I have a farmer, Mr. Kosgei, who comes from Nandi Hills. They have their own tea factory. They have a building in Nandi Hills Town called Siret. Your dad was a Provincial Commission (PC). He knew Nandi well. We once went with him during my state of address at the Nandi County Assembly. They have a huge building, courtesy of Siret Outgrowers Empowerment Project (OEP). This is what we call producer cooperative. Sadly, the Government did not give them exception of Value Added Tax (VAT), yet these are small scale farmers. Let us avoid giving tax exemptions to who is who and, instead, give small farmers. I am happy there are Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs). We must check out the ones giving credit. There is a famous Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization called Kenya Women Microfinance Bank. In fact, I would like to advise Senators, to be careful on the loans your wives take, because if they take from the Kenya Women Microfinance and do not pay, Kenya Women Microfinance Bank will come with police and take your sofa set, beddings, television and the house. There is hue and cry in villages in Nandi County because of the Kenya Women Microfinance Bank. Wives take loans and do not repay. With those remarks, I beg to support. I will bring amendments at Committee of the Whole stage. I thank you for the indulgence."
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