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    "id": 1613684,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Joe Nyutu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. I want to comment on the statement made by Sen. (Dr.) Murango, the Senator for Kirinyaga County, regarding the reduction of milk uptake from Kirima Dairy, Slopes Dairy by the Meru Central Dairy and KCC. The reduction by the Meru Central Dairy is very drastic, from 30,000 litres a day to 15,000 litres a day. The reduction by KCC is from 75,000 litres to 25,000 litres a day. You can only imagine what is happening to these farmers and what they are doing with the excess supply of milk. Although Sen. Joyce Korir does not want to hear anybody mentioning Murima, I want to remind her--- I say this because this is something that is happening in Murima--- We are elected to represent our different individual counties. If I am elected to represent Murang’a, I have to speak for the people of Murang'a and the Senator for Turkana can speak for the people of Turkana, even as we look at matters nationally. We hope that this is not a scheme to then impoverish the people from this particular region. It is also very important that we deal with the matter of the import of milk from Uganda. We should not expose our farmers through the importation of milk from Uganda. I also want to comment on Sen. (Dr.) Murango’s second statement about the recent directive by the Ministry of Cooperatives to pay coffee farmers directly from the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. This is something that, if implemented, will kill cooperative societies and small-scale farmers---"
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