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    "id": 937918,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/937918/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "Agenda also calls for manufacturing. Kenya, being an agricultural economy, one of the greatest raw products could be agricultural. So, it is my goal to support the Motion. However, we need to address a few issues. One, the KENAFF needs to come out and popularise itself. From where I stand, my people in Funyula Constituency do not know it or have no strong association with it. They need to come out and undertake adequate capacity building to enable members understand the importance of joining the association. They need to understand the benefits of organising themselves in a manner that will help them reap the benefits of agricultural production. As I stand here, my constituency is earmarked as one of the enablers of the textile industry through growing of cotton. However, when we went through the constituency together with the Managing Director of Rift Valley Textile Limited (RIVATEX) and the entire team of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a few issues came out very clearly. One, the umbrella union that used to support them many years ago has been bedeviled by management challenges and corruption. Consequently, they are unable to market their products. They are unable to look for the most profitable market in this country. Therefore, as we look at this, we ask the Mover of the Motion to go all the way and bring relevant amendments to the Co-operatives Act and the Crops Act, so that it becomes mandatory for all farmers who wish to benefit from various subsidies that the Government gives to belong to some organised groups. It will enable them to contribute substantially to the management of these unions. With those few remarks, I support the Motion. I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to it."
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