{"id":221382,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/221382/?format=json","text_counter":333,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Angwenyi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":326,"legal_name":"Jimmy Nuru Ondieki Angwenyi","slug":"jimmy-angwenyi"},"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, in view of the Government's prime goal and policy to spur the economy to an accelerated growth to catch up with the Asian economic tigers; conscious that agriculture is the engine of the country's economic development; noting with appreciation that the tea sub-sector has sustained itself as well as the economy through a very long recessionary period without any direct Government investment; cognizant that small tea production has by far surpassed the existing tea factories' processing capacity with resultant enormous loss and wastage of green leaf; bearing in mind that the cost of factory construction is sky high and beyond the ability of small scale farmers; and commending the Government's demonstrated commitment to revamp, boost, rehabilitate, revive and/or expand various important sectors of the economy, this House grants leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament to amend the KTDA Act to provide for urgent Government investment in the rehabilitation---"}