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    "id": 1425761,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wakili Sigei",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My question to the Hon. Cabinet Secretary relates to his earlier response particularly to coffee and tea. I would like to get his appreciation and effort to deal with the unresolved tea stocks currently in Mombasa County, which dates back to late 2023. As at now, the statistics state that 236 million kilogrammes of tea are lying in the warehouses. Over 50 per cent of the tea is from the Western Rift region. The reports we are getting from the Tea Board of Kenya and the KTDA is that this has led to a reduction in the price by around 40 per cent. However, in as much as we appreciate the efforts in the reforms that the Ministry is doing - which have actually bore some positive leads to the farmers and the benefits thereof; this aspect of unsold tea is something that most of our farmers are suffering a great deal from. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, remember that right now we are experiencing heavy rains and tea production is definitely going to go up. The more the rains the more the production. The worry is that in as much as we cannot deal with this unsold stock, this is will be a bigger problem and it will lie heavily on the farmers of the West Rift region. I thank you."
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