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    "id": 1060807,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1060807/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Munene Wambugu",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13382,
        "legal_name": "John Munene Wambugu",
        "slug": "john-munene-wambugu"
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    "content": "THAT, the KTDA has made a number of decisions involving this farm independently without consulting the Kangaita Tea Growers, which is contrary to the law and has led to the perception that it is an in-house project; THAT, the decision to construct a new factory for the Japanese Specialty Sencha Tea has raised concerns from the tea growers of Kangaita as to whether the new factory will be able to sustain itself since the supply of produce will only come from the 600-acre Kangaita Tea Farm; THAT, the machinery for processing this tea would have been accommodated in the already existing Kangaita Tea Factory especially since the project is still in the pilot stage; THAT, the shareholders of Kangaita Tea Factory Company are of the view that the poor conducting of feasibility study on the Japanese Specialty Sencha Tea Factory project is likely to occasion unforeseen costs to the shareholders; THAT, the tea growers are apprehensive that the existing Kangaita Tea Factory may be rendered economically unsustainable due to reduced volume of the tea processed, which may result in reduced earnings; THAT, efforts to have the matter resolved by the leadership of the of Kangaita Tea Factory tea growers in consultation with the KTDA have not been fruitful; and, THAT, the matters presented in this Petition are not pending before any court of law or any constitutional or legal body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock: (i) inquires into the legality of establishment of the Japanese Specialty Green Tea Production Factory at Kangaita Tea Factory with a view to: (a) suspend the coming into operation of the new factory; (b) recommendations that KTDA engages and addresses concerns raised by the Kangaita tea growers; (c) the KTDA names the collaborating partners in the project and accounts for funds used; (d) finds out the rationale of constructing the new factory within the vicinity of the existing factory and what are the anticipated impacts to the existing factory and the tea growers’ earnings; (ii) establishes and determine the ownership of Kangaita Tea Farm and rightful beneficiaries of the proceeds generated from the tea farming activities within the farm; and, (iii) makes any other recommendations it deems appropriate in the circumstances of the petition. And your humble Petitioners will ever pray."
}