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    "id": 1618647,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1618647/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia",
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    "content": " I only took two minutes, Hon. Speaker. That is the final issue. I was saying that it has reduced from 2.5 to 1.5 per cent of the gross value and absorption costs of seconded staff by the management agency. The final issue was on the timeliness with which the Ministry will address the disparity to ensure that tea farmers across the country are treated fairly. The response is that the Ministry has developed guidelines on minimum leaf quality standards to address the declining quality of tea. The guidelines will be operationalised this month. Additionally, the STQIP, which is a five-year programme, has been ongoing for the last two years and is aimed at assisting tea farmers with lower quality of tea to improve to meet the market standards. The programme will ensure that factories manufacture tea of higher quality as desired by the market, and the achievement of this programme is expected to improve the price of tea from the affected factories within a period of one year, considering market dynamics of supply and demand. Further, establishment of a laboratory for quality analysis and tea testing is expected to be completed in 2025. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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