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    "id": 180705,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Omingo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 180,
        "legal_name": "James Omingo Magara",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the passion with which Dr. Eseli is concerned about the small-scale maize farmers. My Ministry is given the mandate to facilitate trade. For sure, we will not sit back and watch our traders being exploited. Therefore, we have set up some enforcement agencies and we have taken about five people to court. I wish to seek the indulgence of the House for us to be provided with information. Basically, people are exploited because of lack of information about what is happening in the market. The Ministry is trying to establish business solution centres in every district. We have so far established such centres in Bungoma and Siaya. But everything is actualised, and I would like the hon. Members to avail information. By way of confirmation, we have five cases already being prosecuted. In fact, all of them have pleaded guilty and have been fined Kshs10,000 each. The hon. Members should help us by disseminating information for the purposes of protecting our traders from exploitation. An example of these cases is Criminal Case No.888/08, which was completed and the offender pleaded guilty and was fined Kshs10,000. The other one is Case No.889/08, where the first accused pleaded guilty and was fined Kshs10,000. There is also Case No.890/08, where the first accused was fined Kshs10,000. There is also Case No.891/08, where the accused pleaded guilty and was fined Kshs10,000. The only problem is that the Ministry cannot be all over. Of course, the Ministry has a skeleton staff. We will lay down the rules and ensure that the information is availed to our traders. We have not closed our eyes in terms of protecting our traders. That is the business of the Ministry."
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