Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1030449,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1030449/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 143,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
        "slug": "ledama-olekina"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, earlier on, the Chairperson of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC), who is my very good friend, talked about us politicising things, saying that the BBI does look into this matter. As a matter of fact when you look at the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill, Article 3, which is on shared prosperity, it talks about: “The Government shall promote sustainable agriculture.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, when it comes to agriculture, this is the backbone of this country called Kenya. Some of the facts, which are quite clear is that, the tea industry or sector employs 10 per cent of the total population of this country. Last year alone, the tea sector brought in this country over Kshs200 billion in foreign export. It also brought in about Kshs23 billion in terms of local sales. What does that tell you? It talks about the issue that Sen. Khaniri has brought out clearly, which deals with the issue of the management of the tea sector. When you look at the tea sector, there are two elements; export, which is good for the foreign income of this country and local sales."
}