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    "id": 2252,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2252/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is need for Kenya as an agricultural country to support these two sectors by making them profitable. However, we cannot make them profitable if farmers continue carrying this burden of excessive loans. That is why it is very important that the Government considers writing off these loans. There is need also to support these two sectors that are tea and coffee because they contribute a lot in terms of revenue generation for this Government. We should not rely on one source of revenue collection. That is taxation from incomes. We need to diversify our revenue collection through agricultural production. It will be easier for the Government to have some sources of revenue where it can count on. It is with that in mind, I believe the Government should consider writing off all these excess loans that have been incurred by the tea and coffee farmers in this country. There are many areas of this country where tea and coffee can be grown. Kenya seems to be divided into two zones when it comes to tea and coffee farming. We have the western zone and eastern zone. In the western zone, we have Mudete Tea factory. The Government spent colossal amounts of money to put up this factory. However, this factory is underutilized. This is because not many farmers are growing tea around that area. We need to encourage them to grow a lot of tea because they have a factory."
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