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    "id": 1379100,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Linturi",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Mithika Linturi",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to appreciate Sen. Faki for his patriotism and concern for the well-being of the country's economy. The matter he is raising is not particular to Mombasa County since it is not a tea grower. Mheshimiwa, I appreciate you for thinking about other Kenyans. I am aware of what is happening at the tea auction. If urgent measures are not taken, we will likely experience a serious market glut and our prices will collapse. One of the reasons this is happening is because we are trying to enforce regulations on the reserve price of the independent factories. They are not keen on maintaining a reserve price, so we retain our price. This is what has caused this problem. Secondly, others are trying to get tea directly from the factories. There is a story about the direct sales from the factory. We are trying to see how to deal with the situation. However, this will not take long. Tomorrow, I am launching the tea report. The progress and future of tea look quite good despite the minor problems out there. Immediately after launching the report, I wanted to go to China because of the arrangement we are discussing with China. I want a more powerful delegation to China. We had to accommodate the Deputy President's diary to go together to China. We have gotten a market for tea in China. Their capacity to offtake tea from Kenya is beyond our imagination. We are going there hoping to ship out our tea when we finalize an agreement, which we will be ready for by around the 15th of the month. We want to ship out more tea to the new destinations. The regular forces of supply and demand will take place, but we will ensure that we do not have a lot of tea in Kenya, which will cause the tea auction in Mombasa to collapse. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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