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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I am glad that you acknowledge that my submissions are answers, which means that you do not disagree with what I am saying. The only thing that I want to say is that, it is important because I will not be sitting in the Committee when those questions are being submitted. It is important for the Chair of the Committee and the Members to ask why farmers from that area are being targeted. Is it political? Is there a policy framework? Why is it systematic? That would really answer my question because these things are done in an ad hoc manner. Remember, that in your Committee, some farmers have not been paid and they have been profiled. Those farmers were not paid because it was said that they are linked to a certain person and then corruption was used as an excuse. Why target one group, one area and one community for purposes of settling your political scores? The last thing that I want to say is that, I agree with Sen. Sakaja - and he may want to hear this - that Nairobi City County is one of the counties leading in agriculture. When I read some literature, I was shocked. However, I was even more shocked when I had a conversation with the President sometime, three years ago, and he told me that he had gone to see a farmer in Karen, who is the leading milk producer in the country. I got some greater interest in trying to find out who he was. I found out that it is, indeed, true that Nairobi has the leading milk producer in the country. Therefore, we should not leave Nairobi out of the conversation on farming. I want to challenge Sen. Sakaja. Already, your county has the potential to raise a lot of revenue. Most of us come from various counties, we live here and we pay a lot of taxes here. I saw that the ‘military government of Nairobi’ was asking for Kshs27 billion for this financial year. So, Sen. Sakaja, you need to find a way of engaging the military to see how they can allocate more to farmers. Thank you."
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