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    "id": 1493773,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1493773/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Konoin, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Brighton Yegon",
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    "content": "member of KTDA - used the rate of bonus payment as a bait to persuade tea farmers in voting for them. In that regard, Mr. Enos Njeru had promised tea farmers in Kirinyaga County that they would be paid Ksh60 per kilogram of green leaves that is delivered to the factory. The promise was supposedly made based on the nine months accounts which is from July 2023 to March 2024, which usually has not taken into account certain expenditures like external audit fees, depreciation and amortisation, taxation and dividends. In addition, the factory tea prices declined from US$3.2 in March 2024 to US$2.8 in June 2024, while the exchange rate also declined from Ksh139 to Ksh129 per US Dollar over the same period. Consequently, the farmers in the region have been boycotting plucking of tea agitating for an increase of bonus from the declared Ksh46 to Ksh60 as promised during the campaigns. However, normalcy has been resumed in the factory. There was an attempt to hold a Special General Meeting on 15th October 2024 to remove the current directors who were voted into office in July 2024. Of course, there is a summary of payment of green tea leaves by KTDA-managed factories for the Financial Year 2023/2024. With those few remarks, that is the response by the Ministry concerning the two factories – that is Kimunye and Thumaita."
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