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    "id": 358631,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "The hon. Member wanted to interrupt me. He was not listening when the Deputy Speaker said that we had quorum when we proceeded. What I was saying is that, the role of the county is to give us utilities. I come from the Kisii County and I am giving you an example of how we are surviving in South Mugirango. All the factories are actually paying the farmers very well and the farmers are getting their money in time because there is a new private enterprise which has come in. The farmer needs water, electricity and the county government should give those services. The drafter of the Motion says that counties are not going to have funds. If they are not going to have funds, how then do you give them parastatals and how can the parastatal give them money? Are you going to punish the farmer? Who is going to pay and who do you want deprived the benefit? The role of the counties is given and that is why national parastatals are being privatized and we are all going private. So, the time of doing anything for the State, be it at the county level or the national level has passed. What we need at the moment is, how efficient can we support the farmer? Somebody who is starting a small factory can be supported. The person can be supported, in my own estimation, by providing power supply; water and whatever else that can enable somebody move his produce to the market. They cannot look for the market for what they make or what they can grow. The other day I saw at Machakos County where they are giving investors free land. That is the way to go. But it is not right to say that there is a parastatal somewhere which has been mismanaged, let us pay off the debt and give it to the county. The county has no capacity to run a factory because there are people who can run a factory. You know, we have been bashed around as Members of Parliament. There is one thing I know, nowhere in the world is salary based on productivity. The salary that we are getting was done some years back. One thing I can say is that the person who gave us"
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