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    "id": 1046235,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki",
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        "legal_name": "Kithure Kindiki",
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    "content": "to Kshs400 a kilogramme. Moreover, I hope that someone able to aggregate this crop can export it for, at least, $10, which is about Kshs1,000 per kilogramme. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on value addition, some of the things - the low hanging fruits and cost free measures - that county governments can make to add value and, therefore, enhance the price of this crop, is sorting and packaging. Two things; sorting which is removing some of the not so quality seeds and debris, and packaging--- The reason that is done is because some of the high-end customers in rich and influential neighborhoods and supermarkets is that they want something that has been packaged nicely and not the ones that are sold in some of our markets downtown in sacks, tins and that kind of thing. You aggregate, sort and package. The packaging will assist the counties to leverage on a very important aspect of international trade known as geographical indication. If you go to the United States, for example, you will see Nebraska bread, which comes from Nebraska. Therefore, if Makueni’s ndengu, Tharaka-Nithi’s ndengu or Kitui’s ndengu is one of the best varieties as we have established, they can fetch a lot of money by simply indicating the geographic origin of that product, so that it is not just"
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