{"id":223365,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/223365/?format=json","text_counter":117,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Keter","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":169,"legal_name":"Charles Cheruiyot Keter","slug":"charles-keter"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since Lipton is part of Unilever, and it is our major tea buyer at Mombasa Tea Auction, how sure are we that tea prices, hence the small-scale farmer, will not be affected? Lipton is a major tea buyer and the KTDA manages 54 factories owned by small-scale tea farmers. How sure are we that the prices will not be lowered, having entered into a contract with a major competitor to market our tea?"}