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    "id": 1060806,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060806/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Munene Wambugu",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Munene Wambugu",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me this chance to present Public Petition No.010/2021. I, the undersigned, on behalf of tea growers from Kangaita Tea Factory, Kirinyaga Central Constituency in Kirinyaga County, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) is in the final stages of setting up Africa’s first Japanese specialty green tea production factory at Kangaita Tea Farm in Kirinyaga County as part of its long-term product diversification strategy that will be used to pilot the processing of the specialised Japanese Sencha Green Tea; THAT, this new factory is being constructed adjacent to the premises and vicinity of the already existing and fully operational Kangaita Tea Factory which processes the traditional black CTC (crush, tear, curl) tea; THAT, in addition to the black CTC, the existing Kangaita Tea Factory already has an operational branch that processes orthodox teas and other specialty teas such as Kangaita White Teas/Silvery Needles and Kangaita Rare Purple Teas; THAT, the production of these brands of high value rare tea has been supplementing the tea growers’ income without unnecessary additional costs of production to the farmers; THAT, the sprawling 600-acre Kangaita Tea Farm is part of tea estates managed by the KTDA and are subsidiary owned by the individual smallholder tea farmers, through their investment in the Kangaita Tea Factory Company; THAT, the land in use for the Japanese specialty green tea production is on lease to the KTDA by the County Government of Kirinyaga as a demonstration and research farm; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}