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    "id": 1371242,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1371242/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "produce in such a way that the farmers will have the opportunity to directly sell their produce to the end user. This then cuts off the brokers who are in between and continue enjoying more benefits than the farmers themselves. The farmer is the one who has really worked hard but what he gets in return at the end of the day is little because of the brokers. With the Extension Service Bill, there is going to be access of markets for the coffee farmers so that they can maximize their profits. It will be equal to even more than the sweat of their work. As a champion of digital literacy, I will not forget to talk about technology. This Bill has yet to highlight much about technology in terms of having a transparent database. It talks about the database for farmers, but not the technology to put a system that captures all the coffee farmers, be they small, middle, or large-scale. Further to this, a database that can access markets for their produce and guide them to the standards required for the different coffee levels in place. The Kenya Kwanza Government is focusing on ensuring that we increase the number of dams in this country. The dams will enhance agricultural productivity because of the availability of water. We have had coffee farmers for long, but have not had a coffee pension scheme. I urge this Committee to consider putting in this Bill the Coffee Pension Scheme. When our coffee farmers retire and hand over the farms to future generations, they do not need to continue depending on the same produce. They can sustain themselves with the pension they have in the scheme. This will reduce the challenges the older people end up having because they are not salaried. Salaried people get their pensions. Coffee farmers will have a platform to save and a pension scheme to support them."
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