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    "id": 2276,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/2276/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Mover and the Assistant Minister for donating time to me. I do not come from a tea- growing area, but I went to a school in a tea-growing area. We must take cognizance of the fact that the world is now a global village and each country must know what their competitive niche is. Every country must be treated the way you would treat a company. In Kenya, we must declare our competitive niche, whether it is tea, coffee, fishing, or tourism. If we outline five areas which Kenya should consider its competitive niche in the global market, then we must put in resources and energy to ensure that we excel in those areas. In that regard, I would like to urge the Government to ensure that we do aggressive marketing and packaging. If you go outside there, you will realize that our Kenyan tea is packaged and sold as English tea when, in fact, it is Kenyan tea. The Government must change that. Secondly, we must make sure that we modernize our marketing and use all the modern techniques, whether it is facebook or whatever it is for marketing our tea. Finally, we must subsidize our farming. The developed world subsidizes its farming, but we do not. We must also diversify our farming. We have seen that fishing has developed in areas that are traditionally not fishing areas. Let us take agriculture to those areas that are not agricultural areas. I support."
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