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"speaker_name": "Hon. Nderitu",
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"content": "urge our local consumers to be keen on what they are consuming. If you are producing a commodity, it is good to look at the ready market and be one of the consumers of that commodity. I know we are faced with a situation where, as Members of Parliament, we are ready to discuss other issues such as funding of youth and women. Where I come from, we are addressing the issue of funding the youth and women. We are exploring areas where we want them to expend that money. I keep on urging my people to invest in dairy farming in my constituency. We have a lot of challenges. In Nyandarua, which is the food basket for Nairobi, we have one of the worst infrastructure in terms of roads. I know that we have young people who work day and night to ensure that milk comes from the farmers. Most times, they use motorbikes to ferry milk. It is a sad affair to see young men and women struggling in the night trying to move milk from the farmers. Due to the nature of the roads, you see them pouring milk by the roadside for being unable to access the market. I am very sure that if the farmers are given the right incentives, and our infrastructure is enhanced, that is, the feeder roads, every farmer will use the least amount of time to get his or her product to the market. I come from an area where we do not talk about anything else except farming. If it is not dairy farming, it is potato farming. The issue of potato farming is even more critical because of poor infrastructure, but I will not dwell on that. I want to deal with the issue of milk. My emphasis is that---"
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