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    "id": 358607,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Losiakou",
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        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to oppose the Motion. The concept, the spirit and the idea of coming up with this Motion is very good. My opposing it is aimed at helping the Mover to reconstruct the Motion, which is very important. The subject is very important. Agro-based parastatals cut across the country. For example, the Kerio Valley Development Authority (KVDA), which is based in Eldoret is owned by more than six counties. We have the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya in Nakuru, but even people in West Pokot have ownership in that parastatal. The KVDA Building is a property of another county in Eldoret. So, if we passed this Motion today, it means that all the other five counties, including West Pokot, would lose in that investment yet the resources which built the KVDA Building and which support the KVDA come from those counties which are likely to lose. That is why I am saying that the idea is very good, but where is the data to tell us how much KVDA is worth? Should we decide that it goes to the counties, how much will go to the six counties? Where will the KVDA Headquarters go? This is a recipe for chaos should we do that. I want to urge the Mover to see the need to withdraw this Motion, so that in the next six months, we will support him. Something needs to be done so that we do not pass a Motion that will cause chaos in our country. Look at the idea that they are already liabilities, which means they are indebted. If you take an indebted company, which is not making any resource, how can it become a resource to the counties where we are transferring it? It is our responsibility as the leaders of this nation to withhold this Motion and work on the facts. We need to come up with a properly constructed Motion. For example, the best pyrethrum content comes from Pokot South. This means that we are actually the owners, but the parastatal is in Nakuru. When you transfer the parastatal to the county, it will go to the Nakuru County. What about the people who produce the best pyrethrum? What is going to happen to them? Those are the ideas which are missing in this Motion. I am appealing to the Mover to re-look into this matter in a wide point of view, so that when we come up with it, it has enough facts that will enable us as leaders to make informed decisions. In conclusion, I want to say something about the Senators’ debate. Articles 95 and 96 of our Constitution is very clear about the roles of the National Assembly and those of the Senate, but I wonder where they are getting the idea that one House is superior than the other. I tend to think that there are some hung-overs from the last elections. When we"
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