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    "id": 1088386,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1088386/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Chebeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mercy Chebeni",
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    "content": "I want to agree with what Sen. (Dr.) Zani has said. Most of the time we have these institutes but they cannot work well if they are not funded. I am hoping that this institute will be funded so that it can adequately perform its functions to help the coffee growers in the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at Clause 63, it talks about dissemination of market information. This is a very key provision in this Bill. The institute shall carry out market research and analysis. Many small scale farmers do not know where to go about selling of their produce. A market research and analysis is very important. It goes further to state that they shall disseminate on its findings to all stakeholders. That is very important because information is power. Everyone has a right to information even the small scale farmers in this country. Information is not known only to very few individuals at the top and the majority of stakeholders are left without knowledge or information on anything to do with coffee. This is a very important provision. The Bill proposes that we will have an open ended sort of communication. Information will be shared to all the persons involved in the coffee growing sector. That is very important. Therefore, nobody will be taken advantage of nor exploited because information will be out there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not want to take so much time. I think many provisions in this Bill are okay. It will come to help the coffee farmers in this country who have cried for a very long time. I want to congratulate Sen. Ndwiga for coming up with this Bill. I support."
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