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    "id": 1472458,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "country is marketing our coffee. There are many outlets in this world which buy our coffee as green bean and use it for the elite market. It fetches a lot of money out there yet we are not able to benefit from that kind of money because we sell our coffee as raw green bean. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Bill first seeks to transfer regulations from AFA to the Coffee Board of Kenya. We are recreating the Coffee Board of Kenya. On the other hand, the research function of the Coffee Research Institute has been hived off the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation and replaced directly under the Coffee Board of Kenya so that it may be better instructed to deliver for this particular industry. The Coffee Board is established to regulate the industry. It is managed by the Board and a CEO with clear functions, delegated authority, as well as powers. These are captured from Clause 4 to 22. It is a very comprehensive Bill. The functions of the county governments are effectively captured from Clause 23 to 25. They are basically on enacting county specific coffee laws and licencing of the variety of operators within the county. We have made provisions for the registration of a variety of operators within every county. In terms of the regulation provision, this Bill covers production and the registration of various operators, growers, millers, roasters, processors, and licencing various entities that would like to do business in coffee as well as regular reporting. This is captured from Clause 26 to 38 of the Bill. In terms of production and processing, the proposed legislation governs production, including the material import and export of coffee, the certification processes, and traceability, which are key in international trading systems today. Customers demanded to know where the coffee was produced, how it was produced, and how social issues were handled. Was it produced by children? If children produced it, or people who produced it were under compulsion of some nature, they would not take that coffee. They would like to know which farm produced the coffee. So, the Bill is very careful in capturing the traceability aspect."
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