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    "id": 1042284,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "requiring a warehouse operator in relation to tea to be registered as such? I see no problem with that. There is the registration of tea packers. If a farmer, in order to survive in this competitive industry, has been a member of some co-operative or some organization, I do not see anything wrong with this. Then, registration of a tea buyer that is found in Clause 24F, registration of tea brokers that is found in Clause 24H and then the registration of a management agent. Also, registration of tea auction organizers in paragraph 24K. I know some tea auctioneers and how they do their business. They do everything in the book to make sure that they enhance their profits. If they are not licensed and managed properly, then that is where the farmer is going to lose a lot of money. Those who are calling upon us to make those who do packing and auctioneering become tea agents, I think you are trying to make sure that the toil and blood of those who go to the farm every morning is in vain. I think that would not be right. In the interpretation clause, you will find the definition of who an auction organizer is. I think this definition is very important. That is because sometimes you have players like people who trade with the Government and who do business with the Government. We even had people doing business with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) and after they did business with KEMSA, their names disappeared, and we do not know who they are. Their names cannot be disclosed. Therefore, I do not see what is wrong in giving a definition of who an auctioneer organizer is, which it says that it means- “A person, company or firm established for the purpose of organizing tea auctions.” What is wrong with that? To be a lawyer, I need to satisfy some qualification requirements same as to be a doctor, to be an architect and even to be a Member of Parliament. By the way, if you forgot, the Constitution defines who can become a Member of Parliament, how to become a Member of Parliament or how not to become a Member of Parliament. What about the so-called auctioneers or auction organizers? Why would the law run away from defining who that person is, so that the small farmer in the value-added chain can understand who they are dealing with up to the person who is making that English tea from Kenyan tea in London? Why would the farmer in Limuru not be able to know all these persons and qualifications? Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you are in the world of betting on horses, there is a street in Nairobi with some people who know how to do this business. They would know when the horse was born, where the mother of the little horse came from and the entire family tree. This is a useful provision in this Tea Bill. I know that we do not have all the time in the world today. However, I would beseech those that are probably not inclined to pass this Bill, that we pass this Bill. There are many things that can be done later in terms of enforcement, implementation and many"
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