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    "id": 1042279,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kibiru",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Reubenson Kibiru",
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    "content": "At one point in time in this House and some of the forums that we have attended, it is said that from the buying centre all the way to the auction, there are about almost 40 taxes levied on tea. As we move on and as l beseech my colleagues to come up and support this Bill as amended by the National Assembly, we need to look at - like what Sen. Wambua has said - how we go back to our areas of specialization. We need the Tea Research Center. We need the Tea Board to do its work because this country will never develop if we do not take care of the agricultural sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other day when we went for a round table breakfast meeting with the National Treasury, and they came up with the strategy of reviving the economy post COVID-19, it was pointed out that a number of issues will be put into the agricultural sector. There can never be a better way of starting this strategy of reviving the agriculture sector than passing this Bill. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we do this, when the Tea Board comes on board, we need to put in place the correct regulations, so that the issues of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) waking up one day, borrowing Kshs4.6 billion and then takes another Kshs1.45 billion which they put in some banks that collapse two weeks later, should stop. Mr. Speaker, Sir, without much ado, I would say that I stand with the farmers of tea in this country. I will vote and I beseech my colleagues to vote for the Bill as amended. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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