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    "id": 1566551,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "content": "In Narok county, we have six constituencies. We know what does well in Emurua Dikirr, Kilgoris, Narok South, Narok West, Narok East and Narok North. Before coming here, I had a meeting with gentlemen from Narok North. Of course, they were disgruntled because of land issues. Some of them were left out when Mau Forest was being surveyed and still have a genuine case. These are farmers who grow wheat and barley. The most important things is to bring them together and make sure they have good silos to store their produce and good driers, so that they will not be selling to brokers who then come and turn part of Narok Central into a drying field. There is a place called Emashariani two kilometers before one gets into Narok Town. There are makeshift silos, but people do not even use them because of the moisture content. You will then see a field which is about 20 acres. During the harvesting season, that field will be littered with grain. Down about a kilometer away, there is the Kenya Cereals and Produce Board. People come individually and dry their wheat there. Once the wheat moisture content has reduced, they now take it to the silos for the millers to buy. We need to do things differently and not only come up with such a huge Bill, but develop legislation that can encourage a small government rather than a big government. We need to come up with legislation that will ensure that it creates wealth rather than overburden farmers. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when the Kenya Dairy Board today is saying that you need to pay this levy. Tomorrow, with the passage of this Bill, the co-operative members will have to pay money. Why? We are being overtaxed on a daily basis. For me, the four-tier structure of these co-operatives is a lot of bureaucracy for nothing. Why do you have to create four tiers? It is like the other piece of legislation we were discussing here the other day, the Coffee Bill. It now requires that a buyer be"
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