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    "content": "Lastly, I want to say this as a way of assisting the Senate and ourselves as we move forward. We cannot make progress in this country unless we anchor all our suggestions, Motions, thoughts and ideas into legislation. Unless there is legislation, then it is not going to help because every time a new government comes in, it will change policies. I am aware that there are certain weaknesses and certain lacuna in the Coffee Act which is not helping the farmers and nobody wants to address it. The cartels in coffee are stifling farmers because they do not want the lower cadre of farmers to get in and make money out of it. The reason is because the legislation we have is currently very vague and it has a lacuna where these cartels or in Kiswahili mabwenyenye wa kahawa have come in and are stifling the farmers, particularly the low income farmers in places like Mbooni. With that in mind and with all the submissions I have made, I beg to support this Motion by Sen. Muthama and urge that we, as Senate, should come up with very strong legislation because this affects counties directly and also affects their wealth, affects the people of Kenya and many other people who should ideally benefit from the farming of coffee and not just maize or beans. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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