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    "content": "this country. When you go to Mumias Sugar Company, it is ailing and on its knees. Farmers are suffering. However, we see the Government pumping a lot of money in the tea industry and ignoring farmers of Mumias, Bungoma and Busia. The issue of equal distribution of resources is a thorny one. If we do not address it right now, we might never achieve what has been envisaged in this Bill. I sit in the Standing Committee on Roads and Transport. If we do not have a good road network, our farmers will never deliver their goods to their respective markets on time. It is a pity that there are roads in Kakamega County which have taken almost 11 years to be constructed, for example, the Kakamega-Webuye Road. Construction on this road commenced in the year 2010. Up to now, it has taken the Government eight years to tarmac only seven kilometres of that road. I want also to talk about the Navakholo-Lurambi Road. Farmers from Navakholo Constituency in Kakamega County who want to deliver their goods in Lurambi Constituency in Kakakmega Town have suffered the same injury. This is a road that was commissioned in 2012. However, up to now, it is has not been constructed. All we see is during the political campaign season, politicians hiring graders then they go and launch and relaunch the project. We need to be serious, or else this will be a theoretical exercise we are engaging in. If we want to achieve food security, we need to start with improving the infrastructure of our country. We need to invest more time and technique in ensuring that our roads are done in good time. Our markets are constructed. We look for market for small scale farmers and eradicate unfair competition. That way, we will achieve our objective. I will support this Bill, but on condition that we, as Senators, play a big role to ensure that this is implemented. I want to join my brother the Senator for Kericho County in saying we cannot delegate our duties to the governor. Our duty is to defend the county governments and oversight them. Therefore, we cannot take our core mandate and delegate it to the governors. I will be supporting this Bill, but with many amendments. I want to state categorically that this is a novel idea. The novelty behind this idea is superb. We are ready to salvage this county and secure a bright future for the coming generation."
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