{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138757","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138755","results":[{"id":1403971,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403971/?format=json","text_counter":358,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Oburu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":"I spoke on this issue of over-restricting farmers. Introducing regulations which introduce the board to allow the farmer to sell to another zone is introducing corruption. This is another hurdle. Already the millers have agreed that if a farmer delivers cane in a zone that is not his and he has a loan with a factory in another zone, that loan is deducted and paid to that particular factory. What is this board being introduced here?"},{"id":1403972,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403972/?format=json","text_counter":359,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Oburu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":"Mr. Chairman, Sir, this is bureaucracy, the farmer has to apply to the board to give them permission to deliver cane in another zone because of many reasons. This is oppression of the farmers. They are already suffering from some of these regulations."},{"id":1403973,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403973/?format=json","text_counter":360,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Oburu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":"I totally oppose this kind of amendment."},{"id":1403974,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403974/?format=json","text_counter":361,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"The Chairperson","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":" Sen. Mundigi."},{"id":1403975,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403975/?format=json","text_counter":362,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mundigi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13586,"legal_name":"Alexander Mundigi Munyi","slug":"alexander-mundigi-munyi"},"content":"Bw. Mwenyekiti, ningetaka kumwambia Seneta mwenzangu kuwa wakati tulikuwa tunaibuni Hoja hii wakati huu wa demokrasia halisi, tuliona ni vizuri mtu awe akiuza vitu vyake pahali anaona ni pazuri naye. Unaweza mwambia apeleke miwaa zake upande huu, lakini yeye anapendelea upande ule mwingine kwa sababu ya bei ya nafuu. Kwa hivyo, hatukuona ikiwa vibaya na tuliona na vizuri kuwe namna hiyo."},{"id":1403976,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403976/?format=json","text_counter":363,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Kathuri","speaker_title":"The Chairperson","speaker":{"id":13590,"legal_name":"Murungi Kathuri","slug":"murungi-kathuri"},"content":" The Senate Majority Leader."},{"id":1403977,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403977/?format=json","text_counter":364,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":" Mr. Chairman, Sir, I plead with my neighbour, Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, to understand. In my opinion, this amendment helps the farmer achieve what he is saying."},{"id":1403978,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403978/?format=json","text_counter":365,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"It is the previous amendment of Clause 19 that closes all farmers in one region without room for exit whatsoever. Farmers in the central region; Kericho, Kisumu and South Nandi, have only two private factories. If you close those farmers into that region alone, without providing any exception for them and yet, there is clear evidence that even with the presence of those two millers, there is still, an oversupply of cane."},{"id":1403979,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403979/?format=json","text_counter":366,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"Mr. Chairman, Sir, to marry the situation, where you have regions in the country, where there is an overabundance of factories and farmers have sufficient choice of where to take their cane, and us, who come from areas where we still have unique challenges of not having sufficient factories, it was important that we provide this provision."},{"id":1403980,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1403980/?format=json","text_counter":367,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"There was a big debate when this Committee went to Chemelil to listen to farmers from Kisumu, Kericho and Nandi. There were those who wanted zoning for reasons best known to them and there were those of us who were opposed to zoning. In their wisdom, the committee listened to those that were opposed to this issue of being zoned in an area where there is no sufficient factory to take their cane and requested that this provision be provided. If you would request that you have received support from a particular factory outside your zone because those that are there are not sufficient to take our cane, then it was important to provide this exception. It is a fair proposal given the unique situation that those in the central region find themselves in. Another region that will find themselves in this situation are those that come from Transmara or Narok, the southern region. I wish Sen. Ledama was here. Migori, Homa Bay, Kisii are also among those counties. For example. In Narok, the only private factory is Transmara. If you restrict them to that particular region alone 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."}]}