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    "id": 1037494,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Cecily Mbarire",
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Today is one of my happiest days as an MP because we have managed to walk a very long walk on the Tea Bill. I know that, as a Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and by extension the entire House, we have done what is right for this country and tea farmers. I want to, in a special way; coming from a county and constituency where tea farming is key, thank the Government for taking a lot of interest in tea. I particularly thank Hon. Peter Munya, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Agriculture, who has been very consistent in the fight for the tea reforms. I also thank our Committee Members who I know were under immense pressure to fall into certain traps of certain cartels, but we stood our ground and were firm. I thank the Chair, Hon. Tiren, who offered proper leadership in that Committee and the entire membership of the Committee and especially MPs from tea growing zones. They sat for long hours to ensure that we did the right thing for tea farmers. To the farmers, it is time to make it happen and we are looking forward to doing the same in the coffee, milk, fishing and cotton sectors. The time to make Guaranteed Minimum Returns (GMR) possible without even having to go to a referendum for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is now, and we have already started with the Tea Bill. With those many remarks, I thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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