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    "id": 527530,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ong’era",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Janet Ongera",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to oppose this Bill. When I look at the contents of this Bill, it does not support devolution. At this time in this country, we want to decentralize our operations and empower the counties with enough power so that they can run their affairs. We now want to centralize these operations by creating a board. Madam Temporary Speaker, when I look at the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution, it is very clear, that the counties have been given the functions of agriculture. I know that the control of fertiliser is one of those functions. I do not see why we should take the work of the counties, where they are supposed to be controlling the management of agriculture and then create another board which is in turn going to control, regulate and distribute fertiliser. Is this not another way of corruption being brought back to the door? Is this not another way of the fat cats, who we know are many in the fertiliser business, who now want to find another way to create cartels by creating another board? Madam Temporary Speaker, I am just wondering. In this country, how many boards will we create for us to become efficient? Instead of reducing the number of boards in this country, we now want to create another board and give it a lot of power. It actually horrifies me when I look at Section 2(d) which has been proposed here, and I want to quote it. It says: “This Board will manage the importation and the distribution of fertiliser.” 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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