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    "id": 242865,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also wish to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Ojiambo for bringing these very important amendments to the Cotton Bill. I come from a cotton growing area, just like a number of my colleagues here. Cotton was the mainstay of many of our people, until the entire industry collapsed. I hope this is the first step in the right direction. As far as the legal framework is defined, that is fine. But I am still quite worried about the linkages between growers, ginners and manufacturers of textiles. 2098 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 13, 2006 I hope that the Minister for Agriculture, in conjunction with the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing, will put into place mechanisms to ensure that we do have people being encouraged to grow cotton. In the past, farmers did not have a place to sell their cotton, or when they have somewhere to sell it, the prices were not attractive and they were not paid in time. That is what led to the failure. We do hope that, that will be addressed. This is because cotton really will be substantially a complement to the sugar-cane growing areas where we come from. Therefore, the wananchi are very anxious to see that the cotton industry is revived to supplement income for sugar-cane growing which is not really very much. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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