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    "id": 1472455,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1472455/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Coffee Bill (Senate Bill No.10 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. This Bill was read the First Time on 16th April 2024, and subsequently committed to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock Development for consideration. The Committee has considered this Bill and invited stakeholders to submit memoranda and their comments on the Bill. The same has been captured in the revised version of the Bill and will be brought to this House during the Committee of the whole House. I will give a brief background on the coffee industry in this country. Coffee was first planted in Kenya upon introduction in Taita Hills, Bura, in 1893. In 1900, coffee was planted in Voi under irrigation on a trial basis. Later on in 1904, it was planted in Kikuyu. That is how coffee found itself in the Kenyan highlands. Today, coffee is grown in 33 counties out of 47 counties. It is a crop of socio-economic nature in most counties of this country. It is grown by not less than 800,000 smallholder farmers in not less than 4,000 estates. This means that it is both a large-scale and a small-scale holder crop. In the 1980s, Kenya was a leading exporter of coffee in the region. Today, coffee is third in terms of our exports, after tea and horticultural products. However, there is great potential for coffee to become the lead export crop. We have what it takes. We have good soils, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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