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    "id": 1088258,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1088258/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "This Bill seeks to reorganize the coffee industry by transitioning the regulatory and commercial aspects which are currently undertaken by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to the Coffee Board of Kenya. The Bill further seeks to transition the research of coffee in Kenya which is currently under taken by the Coffee Research Organization to an independent coffee research institute. Madam Deputy Speaker, before I delve into the contents of this Bill, I would like to give some background information on the issues revolving around the coffee sector. The Coffee Directorate which is under the AFA is supposed to manage the development of the coffee subsector. However, the coffee subsector has continued to face innumerable challenges including but not limited to minimal research in coffee, late payment to farmers and lack of extension services which has led to the drop on coffee production in this Republic. Without extension services, that used to be enjoyed by coffee farmers for many years, the coffee industry and the small-holder coffee farmers are unable to produce the kind of quality and quantity of coffee that is desired and that can be produced in this Republic. Poor governance of the cooperative societies is also one of the issues that we want to cure through this Bill. The coffee corporative societies have been affected with a lot of corruption. The word corruption is a very lean word. It is theft by some of the cooperative leaders in the coffee sector. I will delve into this matter as I finish the presentation of the body of this Bill. In a bid to tame the problems in the coffee sector, the President appointed a task force which collected views from stakeholders and came up with a report that had some recommendations. After the recommendations, the task force was converted into an implementation committee. That taskforce went around the country and collected the views of all coffee stakeholders and came up with recommendations which were later developed into regulations which were brought to this House and the National Assembly passed those recommendations. Therefore, Madam Deputy Speaker, the Coffee Regulations developed by the Taskforce and the Implementation Committee are currently in force. I say this because of late, we have seen some shenanigans which tend to draw back the efforts that have been achieved by the Taskforce which is not a standing Committee on Implementation of the Coffee reforms."
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