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    "id": 587011,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Yes, Hon. Speaker. The Chairperson seems to be saying that there was a disconnect between the prayers and what the community wanted to do. I want to request your Office to ensure that we have a desk which can be facilitating members of the public who want to prepare Petitions. This is so, so that petitions that come to the Floor of the House reflect what the members of the public want. I have always encountered the same problem where you find prayers being sought being different from what the petitioners wanted. It puts the Committees in an awkward position. I would like to thank the Departmental Committee headed by Hon. (Ms.) Amina Abdalla for bringing up this issue. I would also like to encourage you and the leadership of the House to put up a Petition Office to facilitate members of the public so that we prepare the petitions that agree with the prayers of the public. She has requested the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives to prepare the legislation on the location of sugar factories. The Committee is moving to do that and I have heard the comments of Hon. Members. We must regulate but we need to encourage competition. If we allow one company to dominate, we risk abusing the farmers. So, as the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, is going on with that, I would like to encourage Hon. Members from western Kenya to take care so as not to give one company an overall opportunity to abuse farmers."
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