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    "content": "focus has been supporting your county even though it touches on the broad. I remember I once reluctantly voted against a Bill you proposed about building of county headquarters merely on account. I think there was a previous Bill about allocation of more money to counties and, therefore, I said that if we wanted more money to counties, then that means more money to Nyandarua. So it is a contradiction of sorts to say one thing and not the other, but I know the sincerity of your action; we put you in a very difficult situation. But for you, it has been “county, county”, “people, people” and I have noticed some of your interventions on matters that are equally sometimes extremely divisive in this Senate and the position you have taken. That is why I said if I was to write that memoir, I will have very soft reference to you in terms of what you have done. I am asking that we need to change the style so that as Sen. Muthama says, let us then not give the brokers and all these people who are intermediaries an opportunity through an Act of Parliament to take more advantage because even as we control the marketing it is likely to regulate the market or for self regulation, it might also allow a few who enjoy certain comparative advantages now to suck dry those who also now have no advantages at all. As we progress forward to give our input in form of amendments, I think we will look into some of those critical points so that a Bill of the Senate must look different from a Bill of the National Assembly. We serve to protect the interests of the people of the counties and, therefore, that person must be the basic unit which informs any Bill. I am sure if all of us are appalled by how farmers have been left almost sinking in shameless poverty while a few brokers benefit, then we keep saying sisi ni wakulima,we are a country of farmers and we are proud to be farmers and yet we do nothing to ensure that that farming really translates to something in their pockets. For that reason, I support this Bill by Sen. (Eng.) Muruiki and hope that as we progress, we will expedite it so that we can get it operational and so that people can start to enjoy the benefits of the intent of this Bill in particular. I beg to support."
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