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    "id": 1472540,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1472540/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tharaka, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Murugara",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for allowing me to also support this Senate Bill. It is well done and has undergone public participation. I want to confirm that I heard farmers making inquiries on what happened to their Coffee Bill after public participation unlike the Ndegu Bill which I have just opposed because it was not taken to the farmers for their input. So, they can get a law which they understand. Coffee is one of the most important cash crops in this country. It is not grown in Tharaka Constituency but is extensively grown in Chuka/Igambang’ombe and Maara which are my neighbouring constituencies. Therefore, this Bill will be of great benefit to my county, Tharaka- Nithi. Coffee was introduced in the country in 1902, and it did very well. In fact, the economy of the young colony and then protectorate was changed because it was massively grown. It was later rivalled by sisal but again it overtook it. Hon. Temporary Speaker, areas where coffee was grown became bread baskets of the country. This is one reason why today those areas are more developed than the areas where coffee was not grown. Africans were not allowed to grow coffee until towards independence, 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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