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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry will now be even bound to bring the new varieties of the various crops like the new beans that are being imported from Rwanda. This is a variety that gives farmers lot of yields. Within a period of three months, there is a bumper harvest and farmers are able to get enough beans for their domestic use and for market. Farmers should not struggle to go to that country while we have a Ministry that can take this role critically. Now, concerning the coffee estate protection, this is a very wise move. I recall that in the central region, coffee trees have been uprooted. That is good development. With that protection, we hope that our country now will be able to produce the necessary quantities of coffee and reclaim our position in the international market. We note that recently, there have been threats directed to coffee factories where guards have been killed. It is proper for the Ministry now to make keener laws as the farmers now continue to improve on coffee production in those areas. Unnecessary debts should not be allowed to happen and coffee racketeers must not be encouraged to continue to become millionaires in this country. We should not allow them to harvest where they have not sown. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on tea hawking, it has been a thorny issue in central region. For example, in my constituency farmers went to Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and other financial institutions to borrow money. But because of tea hawking, they are not able to service their loans. So, those financial institutions may not get what they advanced farmers in central region. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill will make sure that some of these abnormalities that we have seen in the market are addressed. With regard to pyrethrum sector, in the early years of our Independence, this was a vibrant sector. I recall that when I was a headmaster in 1970s, I used to grow pyrethrum in my school. During that time farmers were able to educate their children from the income generated from this sector. But poor management and supervision on the pyrethrum sector led to it to collapse. That is why farmers were discouraged from growing this crop. With the protection guaranteed by the Ministry, farmers are now encouraged to produce enough pyrethrum for the international market. Kenya was the first country to produce the most qualitative pyrethrum, taking the first position and guaranteeing farmers instant income and employment. I would without hesitation support the radical reforms reflected in this Bill. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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