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    "id": 220094,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kirwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Kipruto Rono Kirwa",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I thank my colleagues for raising those concerns. I want to respond as follows:- Mr. Speaker, Sir, as far as the benefits are concerned, any tea that is sold through any arrangement, such as the one between Lipton and the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), it is sold above the auction price of the previous auction. That, therefore, means that it confers better status to the arrangement between the KTDA and Lipton. As I said, neither KTDA nor Lipton are abound to buy or sell to either party. May 23, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1579 Secondly, blending of tea is a process that is allowable internationally. It is meant to achieve two things. One, is to give a price that would be appreciated elsewhere in the world, so as to make our tea not more expensive than is necessary. Two, to give the flavour that some of the buyers require. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are very cautious about any tea that would be termed as \"junk tea\", being used to blend our tea. We have been cautious about it. We will continue to monitor that with great interest to ensure that such an occasion does not arise. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, we are also cognisant of the need for value addition. We have set aside money for Tea Research Foundation (TRF) to focus on certain teas, so that we can allow our country to market its tea directly to some of the international markets."
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