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    "speaker_name": "Sen. G.G. Kariuki",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the speaker who just sat down is my friend and I admire him for his understanding of many things. However, I want to say, since I am going to be last to speak to this Bill, I find it very---. Let me say that we were given a very good opportunity by the Mover of this Bill to talk about the farmers of this country. In this country, farmers have been forgotten completely yet they are the cream or the reason for our survival. We survive because we have farmers who have struggled and who struggle to keep our homes fed. Therefore, the issue of creating a new Council as my friends have just said is valid. I was listening to the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture whom I respect very much. I could see that whatever he was saying was coming from real inner him. However, our political environment and many other factors that we live in contribute a lot to make sure that whatever we say does not go anywhere. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we can also create a law. I want to repeat that the corruption going on in this country is not because we have no laws. It is because the implementers of the law and the executors have to change or be converted to be new people. You can create a law against people who heap bags to become two instead of one when they are selling. This happens all in the eyes of our policemen and everybody else. That does not mean that we should not attempt to make laws. We will continue doing it. However, I think the major point is to find the cause and effect of issues because everything has a reason. My training has always been to find the cause of things. Why have the farmers been forgotten? It is because some people somewhere want farmers not to have enough. This is because they would want to import the same commodity in the process. That way, this country will move the wrong way. Therefore, the Senate has to think very seriously to find ways and means of sustaining our farmers. Temporary Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are talking about potatoes. Go round in this country. Maybe, in Kajiado you have a maize store. In this country people have been asking that stores be made available in every area where more maize is produced. That has failed. Look at other commodities or farm produce like coffee and the rest. They are just dying because we do not have a Council. Will the Council improve anything or will it add more problems? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think my friend from Nyandarua County, Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki, by the time he thought about bringing this Bill to this House, must have been desperate. He feels total desperation when he sees his farmers’ efforts being wasted. It is not only him who has the eyes to see but the entire system of this The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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