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    "id": 608128,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "” way where animals boycotted production, and potato farmers boycotted supplying to Nairobi? What would people eat? Serious businesses would collapse. The fish, chicken and chips shops that we have in Nairobi would collapse. Five star hotels and supermarkets would be affected. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, as we contemplate on these two questions, we should be asking ourselves: What are we doing as the fathers of equity in this country to ensure that the astronomical profits that owners of five star hotels make, can trickle down to the farmers? When you go to a five star hotel and ask for a plate of chips plus a few additional items that include garlic and green vegetables, you are told to pay Kshs5,600 for that plate. The farmer who produced a whole bag that has made many of such plates that the five star hotel has sold at a whooping Kshs5,600 gets nothing. We have to move in as the fathers, mothers, grandmothers, daughters and sisters of equity to ensure that, that benefit is passed over to the farmers. There are three cardinal wanyonges in the potato industry. The first one in the farmer, the second one is the hawker and the third one is the loader. These people are seriously exploited. I was born on the western part of the country and have had the privilege to work across the whole Republic all the way to the Coast. I have passed for decades driving between the Coast, and central Kenya to my home. Every time I pass while driving; I always remember to load my boot with potatoes. I ask myself, for a period of over 30 years that I have driven on this road and bought these things, how come, it has not occurred to the Government that you cannot wish away those young and middle aged women who hawk potatoes. Why would a patriotic Government that cares for her people not put up sheds? When it rains, these mamas run after us. When there is sunlight, these mamas are there being scorched by the sun. The Government should rise and we are the catalyst to force it to rise to the cry of the poor. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have made the people who feed us to be beasts of burden. I say no. As if that is not enough, they also pay taxes. You will find people from county governments these days with receipts collecting taxes from these mamas. As soon as they pay the taxes, it does not end up in the coffers of the county government. That money, these days just lines the pockets of Governors and their officers; revenue 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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