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    "id": 1472551,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1472551/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mogaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I must thank the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock for coming up with this bold initiative to make the 13th Parliament the saviour of the coffee farmer in this Republic. I laud the introduction of this Bill. I support the Committee’s Report. I will also be on my toes to propose very progressive amendments that will put the smiles back on the faces of coffee farmers. Coffee was gold during our youth. It would be a disaster if coffee became a disaster in our adulthood as leaders. I urge this Parliament to rise to the occasion to make Kenya a great coffee producer and exporter as it was before. Coffee should once again be a great foreign exchange earner as it was before. My constituency of West Mugirango was and is still one of the largest coffee producers. However, majority of the coffee bushes are abandoned because farmers have been driven out of their farms due to the mismanagement, squander and pilferage that goes on in the coffee sector. This Bill seeks to introduce systems that are foolproof, farmer-centric and that will ensure that each farmer gets value for their work. I urge my people of West Mugirango to take this opportunity to revive our coffee sector, to get back to the coffee farms, and to make money from coffee. As their Member of Parliament, I will be at the forefront in ensuring that we liberate and empower coffee farmers to get value for their money. I support the Bill."
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