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    "id": 374172,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 151,
        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
        "slug": "benjamin-washiali"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, even though today we talk of 26 per cent of the population of this country depending on agriculture directly, we should agree, as a House, that the agriculture sector has given us a lot of problems. Farmers receive their fertilizers late. When they are supposed to be harvesting, it is when they receive fertilizers for planting. Farmers in the pyrethrum sub-sector are owed money by the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya for deliveries they have made to it for many years. They have never been paid. Where I come from, we have the Kenya Sugar Board, which is supposed to supervise sugarcane farming, but farmers, who elected me to this House, have not been paid for six months. So, we should ask ourselves what benefits we are getting from all these boards, which are supposed to be managing these sub-sectors? I had the advantage of travelling quite a bit during the 10th Parliament. Unfortunately, in the 11th Parliament, I do not see chances of travelling at all. The truth of the matter is that I have been to the Republic of South Africa, Germany and Israel. I have never seen anything like the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in Israel. I have never seen anything like that in Germany, yet Israel and Germany are countries we are proud of. In fact, if there is anything that we have to borrow in agriculture, we should go to Israel. Israel does not have the numerous boards that we have in Kenya. The big question we need to ask ourselves, as a House, is what changes the many boards we have in place have brought or translated to benefits that have changed the lives of the farmers who have elected us to this House. Hon. Speaker, therefore, I support the Chairman on his request for extension of the effective date for the Act. As we approve this Motion, I would like to ask the Cabinet"
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