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    "id": 937912,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937912/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
        "slug": "david-ole-sankok"
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    "content": "It is only in this country called Kenya where when we give a cow water and it adds value to it through the digestive system and other internal machineries, when it produces milk, it is cheaper than ordinary water. A litre of milk in this country costs between Kshs17 and Kshs22, but a litre of water ranges from Kshs100 to Kshs200, which is pathetic. That is why we are talking about cooperative societies which are supposed to be like the civil societies to fight for the rights of farmers and advocate for proper market for our produce. The backbone of Kenyan economy was agriculture. Nowadays, agriculture is the tail of the Kenyan economy because we have concentrated our effort towards other legislative frameworks. We have forgotten our economic backbone where 90 per cent of our population depends on. Up to 99 per cent of our population, at one time or the other, has been farmers. About 80 per cent of Members in this House, apart from being professionals in their respective fields, are farmers back at home. They need representation through cooperative societies. What happened to them? There is corruption within them because we did not legislate on them. A few members take advantage of the majority of the farmers who are mostly illiterate and steal from their sweat. That is why most cooperative societies have failed in this country. The rich in this country take advantage of the poor farmers back in the villages. That is why there is monopoly in the milk market, sale of tea and coffee. We are killing sugarcane factories and sugarcane farming so that we, as the elite of this country, can import sugar and make a lot of profits at the expense of our poor farmers."
}