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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am sorry; it is Mr. Awiti, the Governor for Homa Bay County who is in the process of constructing an animal feeds factory. It might not be a grandiose thing, but it answers one very sad thing, that omena that is used in animal feeds used to be sold outside Homa Bay so that animal feeds could be fixed, now the local mama and the local fisherman who deals in omena can actually deliver her produce to this factory. In Kisii County, for example, the governor has started an ambitious Kshs250 million small factory for processing fruits. This is the thinking that I believe Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki is pushing the country into. Before we think about these factories, let us also remind the national Government to support the existing factories. Sugar factories in the former western region, the former Nyanza region, in Trans-Mara and in Kwale are endangered. We would like the government to support these factories by protecting the local market. A few days ago, I was in Brussels, it coincided with a complete shutdown of Brussels. It was shut down by farmers who had come to the capital to protest to the European Union (EU) that their farm products are being chocked by cheap imports. The EU secretariat created special traffic arrangements to ensure that those farmers are heard and protected. Why can President Uhuru not protect sugarcane farmers and desist from this nonsense of exchanging the welfare of our children in the sugarcane growing areas with his milk from the so called Brookside? He must stop it. We want his milk to grow just as much as our sugar should thrive. We will not keep quiet. Butali, West Kenya, Mumias and Nzoia factories will never close down. We will not keep quiet, but we are saying that the issue of sugar should never have taken a back-banner. Unfortunately, it has been overtaken by the teachers’ crisis. I would like to inform Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki that; Members of the National Assembly and Senators from outside the sugarcane growing areas support farmers. All over the world farmers are supported by their parliaments. They are also supported by their presidents and prime ministers. The ginnery that we had in Malakisi used to employ hundreds of people, but it closed down because of lack of support on infrastructure and other aspects of policy in processing of tobacco in Bungoma. I normally see a big building in Kisumu around 50 to 100 metres called Kikomi. The textile factories need to be revived. How can a Government pump Kshs800 million to support Rivatex and Raymond textile companies and leave out others? That is a good thing. They need to invest in those other textile companies like Kikomi in Kisumu. Must every region be politically-correct for it to get its entitlement? No. The President is wrong and the Deputy President, Hon. Ruto is also wrong. May be, this is why the gods and 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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