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    "id": 1042343,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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    "content": "there are several issues that I want to draw to your attention to in this Bill that was passed by the National Assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first is Clause 24 (l) on the auction process. The Bill provides that all tea has to be taken through the auction in Mombasa. The demand at the moment and the supply of the tea in Mombasa are at variance. The supply is more than the demand that is coming up in the auction. If we allow all the tea to be sold through the auction, the market will be flooded and the prices will come down. This will adversely affect the farmers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, at the moment there are two options. You sell through private treaty or the private arrangement and you can also sell through the auction. The private sale complements the auction because in the auction sales, not all tea is able to be taken during the auction. Therefore, the surplus is sold through private arrangement. It will also be unconstitutional for somebody to be forced to sell his produce through the auction yet he can get a similar or higher price through a private arrangement. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the fact that all tea will be sold through the auction will adversely affect the industry. This is because there are special tea such as those sold directly to the buyers who pay better prices than what is paid for at the auction. The second issue is with regard to the tea levy, which will also affect our tea. It will make it more expensive for the Kenyan tea compared to the other tea. The auction covers ten countries. It covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar."
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