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    "content": "been mentioned, for example, a French farmer who even buys our flowers gets full subsidy for what he produces. If one day Kenyans would wake up and say “let the farmer go on strike,” I think this country will see fire. So, I think it is very important at this stage for the Senate to deliberate properly and support this Motion because it touches on bitter issues and problems experienced by farmers and their families. When I say “home breaker,” I have seen families who have really suffered and who have lost all they had. For example, you find whatever little they had had been auctioned and they lose everything. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, farmers never make money. They toil on their soil from January to December, year in, year out, without making any profits at all, all in the name of feeding Kenya. At the end of the day, they are the sufferers and losers. The AFC has subjected many homes and families to nothing, but poverty. So, it is very urgent that farmers get other alternatives like banking facilities which are favourable to them. We should get farmers banks. We should subsidize farm inputs, fertilizers and seeds. We must come up with ways of mitigating against the effects of drought and too much flooding. Sometimes flooding leads to the loss of the crop that was beautifully grown and looking healthy on farms. So, what are the results? The result is that the farmer does not make any money at all. You work throughout the year and you are not benefitting. Yet we say we are feeding the nation. Are we feeding the nation with bare hands? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Motion has come at a very appropriate moment when people are getting ready for next year’s crops. So, I believe that the Senate will give the necessary support so that farmers may enjoy their work and be better farmers in this country. The farmers who are listening to this Motion today will be very happy. That is why I commend the Mover of this Motion. I know her background, coming from Rift Valley, where they grow a lot of potatoes in Molo. The farmers will be very happy to hear that, at least, the Senate is very concerned with their plight. I, being a farmer, I am also very happy with this Motion. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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