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    "id": 942394,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/942394/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Jennifer Shamalla",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this extremely important Motion that has been moved by Hon. (Dr.) Mutunga. I congratulate him. I support the Motion. I, first, take the opportunity to pass my best wishes to all the students in primary and secondary schools in Shinyalu Constituency. I pray that they may have wisdom as they undertake their examinations. Going forward, it is important that, as a House and nation, we interrogate the previous failures with regard to registration, organisation and running of farmers associations or co- operatives. Majority of people in this country are farmers. I recall an incident during the International Criminal Court (ICC) hearings where a witness was being examined and was asked what his profession was. He said he was a farmer, teacher and preacher. This was much to the consternation or amazement of the judge who asked him how come he had three professions. In Kenya, we have three professions - the common one being a farmer. I urge the Hon. Member of Parliament who moved the Motion to consider not over- legislating when it comes to registration of associations. Ultimately, the right to association is voluntary. It cannot be enforced by law in as much as they say that farmers’ associations must be registered. Furthermore, it is important that as we go forward to come up with the legislation, we define at what point one can be described as a farmer for commercial purposes. We do not want a situation where if you are growing 20 sukuma wikis in your garden or four bunches of tomato vines, you are distressed or harassed by various officials. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}