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    "id": 1503007,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1503007/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Manyatta, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gitonga Mukunji",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Firstly, I come from Embu where we have three factories that are always ranked amongst the ones that produce the best tea. In the world we are in, quality really matters. Quality of tea comes from usage of machines to harvest tea and the other ones that are done manually by people. It is true that prices of tea in Embu are better than in some other places. This is simply because of the quality of tea. The world is very competitive these days. We cannot ignore that we need to raise the standards of what we are giving to the world, so that we can get good tea. I want to educate my colleagues. Two leaves and a bud of tea are plucked. When you use a machine, it normally cuts more than five or six. When it is done that way, it cannot cost the same way. There is something called orthodox tea these days which gets the best prices in the world. This is the tea that has only the bud and it is well rolled up. With machinery harvesting, it is hard to achieve the quality of tea that we get in Embu. Even our prices will continue getting better because we are doing a huge campaign of ensuring that we focus on quality of tea rather than the quantity. There is a backlog in terms of months for tea that is not in the right grades from our friends in the east. I propose that they engage the farmers and the KTDA for civic education on getting and fetching better prices of tea."
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