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    "id": 1475499,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1475499/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "for having spearheaded this agenda since the 12th Parliament. Therefore, I want to make a few comments in respect of the Bill. Firstly, the Bill is essentially an Act of Parliament to provide for the establishment of the Coffee Board of Kenya and the Coffee Research Institute. More importantly, it will provide for the roles of the national Government and county governments, the regulation, development and promotion of the coffee industry, and for connected purposes. The Bill has provisions that are going to be cumbersome. There are provisions in this Bill that are going to be onerous to the coffee farmers and any player in the coffee sector. It is good to regulate coffee. However, any form of over-regulation kills the spirit and intent of this business. It will be necessary to relax some of the provided provisions here to such an extent that we can make it an asset. Since it is already an established industry, let it grow. Cartels and malpractices are creations of human beings which can be cured by prayers to the almighty God. First of all, we start with the problem of definitions under Clause 2. For example, coffee grower is defined as a person who cultivates coffee in Kenya and is linked to a licensed pulping station, and may be for purposes of licensing, include a co-operative society, coffee union, association or an estate. What happens if I grow coffee as an ornamental crop? Does it mean that then I will have to register? Or if I just grow it for purposes of my own consumption?"
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