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    "id": 1220438,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We were in Kericho County last weekend on a separate matter, but which also touches on the issues raised in this Petition. The Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare went there to investigate matters sex for workers as per the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) exposé. I can tell you as we interrogated the victims and the stakeholders of this tea farming industries, we found out that most of it is actually pegged on historical injustices. Some of them come from issues such as forceful take-over of land from different communities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we tried to talk to these companies listed here. We were at Finlays and Ekaterra. We tried to see if a middle ground could be reached or have a conversation and see how the community can benefit from tea farming. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not afraid to say that the feedback that we got was very negative. Honestly speaking, we are back in colonial era when it comes to tea farming activities down in Kericho County. I saw with my two eyes how most welfare issues that are being raised by residents of Kericho County who work on those tea farms, were being ignored. Communities talked about how the land used to be theirs and that they do not understand how it went"
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