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"content": "I rise to support the Motion that is proposing mandatory payment to sugar-cane farmers. Agriculture is very important in this nation. This is a calling but farmers have suffered for so long. The issue of farmers not being paid portrays that in different parts of the country, farmers who grow different kinds of cash crops are suffering. I wish to support the Motion and as I support it, this is a wake- up call to all of us to start supporting and to start thinking of the way forward to support our farmers in different sectors. If we continue watching our farmers suffer from frustrations, it means that poverty will continue increasing. It means that majority of our farmers who rely on agriculture to pay for school fees for their children are going to continue suffering. It means the economic growth in this nation is going to continue going down. Therefore, this must be a serious wake-up call to all of us because we all suffer in different situations. I wish to give an example of Njoro Constituency where I come from. Most of the farmers have been relying on different crops like pyrethrum, dairy farming, carrots, maize and potatoes, but the challenges are many. I think there was a mistake; my time is not over yet!"
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