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    "id": 1462252,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1462252/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13165,
        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try to be quick. On this issue of tea raised by Sen. Cherarkey, we share partly in the blame as a Senate. For about three months now, the Tea (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.1 of 2023) has been at the Committee of the Whole stage. With the Chairpersons of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries being here, tea farmers are looking up to this House to resolve their issues. If we cannot find time to consider a Bill that is at the Third Reading for three good months, then what other business do we have in this House? I plead that the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries takes this matter with the seriousness that it deserves. They should treat this matter better than we have treated the Tea Amendment Bill by Sen. Wakili Sigei. They perhaps need to visit Mombasa and establish the truth about that unsold stock of tea, so that this House can be properly guided. Finally, is to come up with a long-lasting solution, I do not know whether there is a scientific connection between countries that have political hardships and consumption of tea. Many of our traditional markets from Iran, Pakistan, Sudan and now Bangladesh, are amongst the largest consumers of our black tea that we produce in this country. Therefore, when there are political upheavals in those countries, markets are affected and we have this challenge such as what is being experienced in Mombasa. Consequently, the country must be guided on how to establish new markets for our tea, so that our farmers can continue earning from their sweat. Lastly, in just under a minute, is to agree with Sen. Crystal Asige. The performance of Team Kenya at the Paris Olympics has been nothing short of heartbreaking. As a fan of athletics, I do not recall a time that we have performed as dismally as we have done in these Olympic games. I know there are a few races that are yet to be concluded. At the risk of sounding racist, it broke my heart to see Kenya lose the 3,000 and 1500 steeplechase races. These are races that we have previously dominated and have come to be associated with Kenya as a Republic. The new Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, hon. Kipchumba Murkomen, has his work properly cut out. We must guide the country in the"
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