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    "id": 358553,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/358553/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lang’at",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 384,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
        "slug": "benjamin-langat"
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Motion before us. When you look at the Motion it is very encouraging and we should support it. However, when you go deeper into the matter, you realize it is not a very simple one. First of all, the Mover of the Motion should have given us examples of the agro-based organizations, where they are located and how they were formed. I come from Kericho County. If I were to accept this Motion, I would be saying that Muhoroni Sugar Factory, which is located in Kisumu County--- The farmers in Kericho County have been supporting it 50 per cent. Therefore, this Motion should be looked at very critically. In fact, we need a law to create procedures for transferring these organizations to different counties. How do you transfer, for example, Nyayo Tea Zones? It has farms in Kericho, Meru, and in many other parts of the country. If we accept this Motion then it must be followed by a law providing for how to handle cross-cutting parastatals. In fact, it would have been very easy to say that we sell the organizations to those who support them, namely the farmers. They can be given shares and then own the organizations. I have no problem with the KTDA because the factory is in Kericho and the tea farms there are owned by the farmers in that region. The factory in Nyeri is owned by the farmers in that region. So, if we were to go that direction then we would accept--- However, issuing a blanket order that all organizations in one county belong to that county is not practical. This Motion can only be supported when there is a procedure on the process of transferring the organizations. The process has the potential of causing chaos amongst counties in Kenya. This is because people have invested in these organizations and they may not wish to surrender them to other bodies. Subject to that I would support the"
}