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"content": "Last year, the Senate Majority Leader brought a Motion in this House about the Gen Z movement of 25th June. Some of the things we see the population being agitated about in this country are issues we canvassed in this House and came up with resolutions to be followed up by relevant authorities. However, up to date, they have not been followed through. So, in my opinion, it is less the Committee on Health to follow up on it, but more of us as a House. Are we taken seriously if our resolutions are passed, sent to relevant authorities and they are not taken seriously? This is an issue that we must take seriously, as a House, and find a solution to it. If we pass resolutions in the Senate and they are never taken seriously or implemented, then we are not a serious House in the eyes of those authorities. We must show that we are a serious House. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to comment on the Statement by Sen. Okiya Omtatah. This is an important Statement because the sugarcane industry has become a poverty industry for most of our communities. I also come from a sugarcane growing region---"
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"content": " Sen. (Dr.) Boni, please proceed."
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue raised by the Senator for Busia County is going to affect the lives and livelihoods of eight million Kenyans who depend on the sugar sector directly. On the issue raised about public participation, I would like the Government to know that the only public participation that took place over Nzoia Sugar Company was consulting the Governor of Bungoma County and the Speaker of the National Assembly. Consulting those two leaders does not amount to public participation over Nzoia Sugar Company. I refuse. I speak today for 1.8 million people of Bungoma County who depend on Nzoia Sugar Company. Mr. Speaker, Sir, these two leaders have accepted the factory to be leased to a guy called Rai, who took over Webuye Pan Paper Company. The company has been run down and the timber industry has collapsed. The same Rai who upon seeing the success in Mumias due to his brother Sarri has gone there to try and take a section of that factory because he has the capacity to bribe people in Government. We refuse again and again. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"content": "The decision of leasing Nzoia Sugar Company should be rethought. Our people must participate. Our people have elected us and we have the capacity to understand issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, the issue raised by the Senate Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on stadia. I celebrate Ababu Namwamba. He is the father of the Talanta City Stadium, whose completion is making progress. Please, the new Cabinet Secretary for Sports should make sure that the blueprint of Ababu that included development of Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega County must be seen through because it is an open secret that if you want football to succeed, you only go to three corners in this country - Coast, Nyanza, and the Abaluhya Football Club, the home of soccer. Thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Mumma, please proceed."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to comment on the statements. I will begin with the statement by Sen. Hamida. Monday was the World Midwives’ Day and yesterday was the World Mental Health Day for Mothers. I would like to commend her for raising these issues over and over again. Mental health for mothers who have delivered is a crucial issue because most of the mothers include adolescent mothers who are vulnerable, and do not have resources to seek help on mental health on their own. I would like to request that the resolutions made in this House should not be taken as empty talk. It is something that we receive comments and petitions on from those who are affected. We have seen it when we go to the field and would like the Government to take this issue seriously, especially now that the Social Health Authority (SHA) formulation is in infancy and is coming up when we must provide the care for these mothers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also like to make comments on the Statement by Sen. Omtatah. I come from the sugar belt. In my opinion, the small-scale farmer in western Kenya, that is, Nyanza, the western part of Rift Valley and western Kenya, are tired of the ping-pong around the laws and the policies relating to sugarcane milling and farming. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish the small-scale farmers would be listening to me. I wish for the day when we can elect a day when we will burn all the sugarcane, burn it to the ground, so that we can get back to the drawing board to discuss how the sugar industry in Kenya can be structured in a manner that is going to be useful to the farmers. The manner in which it is currently structured is destructive, and not useful to small-scale farmers. I support the Statement by Governor Prof. Anyang’-Nyong'o, that, we need to go back to the drawing board to ensure that we are able to follow the correct procedures to ensure that the most vulnerable, especially the small-scale farmer, is catered for when we are designing these programmes, including the poisoning that is happening by the sugar-- -"
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"content": "The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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