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    "id": 1565401,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1565401/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
        "slug": "erick-okongo-mogeni"
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    "content": "Is it Kshs356 not Kshs500? At least this time we are almost at par and I am happy. The other time they were earning one and a half times more than others. We want fairness for all our farmers. When we sell coffee or tea, we are selling coffee coming from Kenya. We never sell coffee coming from Nyanza or from central. Rather, we sell it as coffee from a country called Kenya. We want fairness for farmers, both from Central Kenya, where our brothers are, we have in-laws there, and also farmers from Nyanza and Rift Valley. We have the same problem with tea, where we understand that farmers from central Kenya fetch better prices than farmers from Nyamira County. We want the Government, even if it means to regulate the auctions and the selling of tea, we get fairness. The farmer in Nyamira County and the farmer in central Kenya want to pay school fees and buy a kilogramme of meat for themselves. They also want to wear nice suits, so we want fairness. Whatever laws we are passing here should ensure fairness to all the farmers in Kenya. We all should benefit. I am told in Brazil there was very bad weather that has affected coffee production. So, we are now gaining here. Let us all gain. If we are earning Kshs350, let it so. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also want the Government to assist our farmers. Since coffee has now become the black gold, farmers are facing a lot of problems. When you bring your coffee and store it in a coffee society, chances are that somebody somewhere will plan and rob you. I do not know about central Kenya. However, I can speak for coffee societies where I come from. If you go to West Mugirango in Nyangoko, Kemera in West Mugirango, or Eyaka in North Mugirango, there is no proper fencing of our coffee factories. The Government should step in and create a fund. Fence these coffee societies nicely since the farmers are also contributing to foreign earnings. We want to have a good entry to the coffee factory, connect them to electricity and improve the beds that they use for drying coffee, so that they can also enjoy and say the environment they are trying to make money from is good and appreciates the farmer. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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