{"id":242094,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/242094/?format=json","text_counter":118,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Sambu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":137,"legal_name":"Alfred B. Wekesa Sambu","slug":"alfred-sambu"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, the main purpose of amending the Tea Act was to liberate tea factories. I was the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources when the Act was amended. The main purpose, as I said, was to liberate tea factories from the KTDA. This is because by involving KTDA, the chain is made even longer and, therefore, the cost increases."}