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    "id": 239679,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Sambu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 137,
        "legal_name": "Alfred B. Wekesa Sambu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am saying that we buy fertilizers using cash money. We also use cash money to buy seeds from Kenya Seed Company, which is Government owned. They do not lend us the seeds! The NCPB sells fertilizer. They do not lend it to us. But when we sell them maize, they take it on credit. As I speak now, there are farmers who have not been paid for their deliveries. They borrow the maize interest-free. On the other hand, farmers borrow money from banks to buy fertilizer and seeds. They pay interest. Is that not a sad situation? This Government, on one hand, sells seeds and fertilizer for cash and, on the other hand, when the maize is ready, takes it on credit! It is a sad situation! This Bill will take care of that. The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) has been re-opened. I hope it will not be like the previous one, which collapsed with herdsmen's money. We hope that the KMC will be weighing cattle at the Eldoret Railway Station and paying the farmers based on live weight. That way, farmers will be assured that whatever happens to the livestock on transit, does not become their problem. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support this Motion. If it is passed, we will debate a Bill that aims to create a body to oversee food production activities in the nation. Currently, those activities are dispersed across the Ministries. One does not know who is in charge of dams! Is it the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Office of the President or the Ministry of Agriculture? There is total confusion! I hope the Minister will respond to that and advise the Government. It is better to have activities in one body, so that people can know who handles what. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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