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    "id": 1042352,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. I would like to begin by mourning with the people of Nyamira County for the loss of our Governor, the late Mzee John Obiero Nyangarama, who has had a very successful career in the tea industry. My condolences to the widow of our late Governor, family and the entire Nyamira County. If I was to speak candidly without blinking an eye, the people I represent in this House, the people of Nyamira County want legislation that will regulate the tea industry to be enacted as soon as yesterday. I fully support the recommendations and amendments that have been proposed by the National Assembly. Sometimes ago, I mentioned in this House that I visited a village in Nyeri County called Kiarugiu. The farmers there told me that their priority at that time was to see to it that the Government was coming up with legislation that would spur the tea industry and make tea farming meaningful. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the amendments on this Bill because for the first time in the history of this country there is a proposal in Clause 24(d) to create a tea fund that will assist in price stabilization of tea. I do not know whether my colleagues know the import of that clause. That means that may be from the next financial year, the Government will be setting aside a fund that can be used as a top up to pay farmers when the prices are so low. In the last financial year, Nyamira County with seven tea factories, farmers earned between Kshs9 and Kshs15 from bonus which is peanuts. Such meager amounts cannot support peasant farmers in getting enough money to pay school fees and take care of their needs. The fact that there is such a proposal in this Bill should elicit support from a majority of the Senators."
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