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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I would have complained, but fortunately or unfortunately, I have a cold therefore I do not intend to speak for long. I may run out my voice. I wanted to share my experience with the movers of this brilliant Motion; Sen. (Prof) Kamar and Sen. Wetangula, on a such well thought-out idea. This is as a result of the struggle we continue to see among our poor farmers and the contempt those in leadership continue to disregard them despite the fact that they do the donkey work in terms of feeding this nation. First, I want to share from a very informed perspective on some of the challenges that led us to consider this route. I know that other Members have asked whether select committees are beginning to eat into the space of work that is supposed to be otherwise done by our Standing Committees in this House. Sometimes, there are issues that are extremely pressing, urgent and also politically heavy, that you feel that only the concept of an ad hoc committee – like the one that is being proposed today – can sufficiently address those issues with the finality that they deserve. Secondly, Madam Temporary Speaker, I urge my colleagues who have been proposed to serve in this Committee to treat this matter with the seriousness that it deserves. It does not make sense for them to be included in an ad hoc committee and then fail to give all their energy and thoughts to it. I believe that by the time the Movers of this Motion sat down and drafted this idea, it was because of how deeply they felt about this issue which our farmers are facing. The truth of the matter is that we have treated our farmers in this country so badly; be they tea, maize or all the leading cash crop farmers. I am glad and happy to be part of the Twelfth Parliament, and particularly in the Senate, which is forming an ad hoc Committee to address the issues facing the tea sector. I know that very soon, we shall come back to the House with an extremely radical proposal that will take power back to farmers, and tea farmers in this country will be liberated forever. 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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