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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I wish to thank you for giving me the opportunity to also comment on this issue of the Dominion Farms. The point that you have raised with regard to Article 125 of the Constitution is fundamental. That is an express provision of the Constitution. I have said it in this House before that many foreigners who come to Kenya do not come with the interests of our people at heart, but with very devious and selfish interests which are meant to oppress our people. Just to echo what Hon. Midiwo has said, I come from Siaya County, although my constituency does not directly border the Dominion Farms. Some of the poorest people in Siaya actually come from around that Farm. It would be a failure on our part when we see our people being exploited. What Hon. Midiwo did not say is that the workers at Dominion Farms are very few. They have not been paid from November up to now. This is a perpetuation of that exploitation. Our people are suffering. All the birds and animals in those areas have been killed because of the chemicals that are used. I would think that this is also a demonstration of recklessness. I have been a Member of Parliament for 10 years. I have never had an occasion to meet the managers of Dominion Farms. For someone to say that all the leaders of Siaya County are corrupt is a statement of an attitude that he knows what is right for our people and all of us who are leaders from that area know nothing and his interests supersede those of our people. I urge the Committee, just like you have said, to enforce the appearance of that man, irrespective of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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