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    "id": 874389,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Sometimes I get disappointed when we go out to interrogate matters. We take time to read and look at issues but at the end, we come back and throw out everything that we have done. This time round, I have to commend the Committee. However, I am still wondering; why is it that it took them so long to realise that the responsibility was not with the CS for the national Treasury? We need to look into that so that we can be fair. If something is wrong, you should say it is wrong; and if it is good, you should say so. The thing here is that the committee has a perfect opportunity to deal with the cartels. There are various issues that we will discuss after looking at the Report. I have seen other gazette notices by the CS for the national Treasury. Last year, we were dealing with the issue of wheat and I was concerned, as a Senator who comes from one of the bread baskets of this nation, particularly when it comes to wheat production in Narok. If the millers do not mop all the local wheat, then wheat farmers will suffer. In that gazette notice, it was very clear because it listed every single miller and stated the maximum amount to be imported. I believe that when we will be looking at substantive issues in the Report, we will clearly see that miller A was told they can import up to X amount; and so on, and so forth. If I were the judge then, for every amount of maize imported over the allowed threshold, I would issue the maximum penalty. This is because the amount of pain that our farmers have gone through in this country cannot be repaid by mere payment of taxes to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)."
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