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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ruto",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Assistant Minister is not exactly candid because this particular addition of cess is actually reducing the sales because it makes Kenyan tea more expensive even in the auction. Eventually, it then affects the farmer because even those who are auctioning will factor in this particular cess. Could the Assistant Minister tell us why the tea farmer has to be taxed for the sector to function yet all other sectors operate with direct Government support? Are tea farmers different from the rest of Kenyans? The Assistant Minister should bear in mind that loans are normally written off in other sectors like the coffee sector, but this Ministry has never written off any loans or advanced any support to the tea farmer yet you are telling them to pay more cess. In fact, in tea growing areas, it is the farmers who fund the building of infrastructure in those areas. What exactly is the Government up to with regard to the tea sector?"
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