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    "id": 391409,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Karaba",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Dickson Karaba",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance to support, from the outset, the Motion which was moved by my friend, Sen. Muthama. I was asking myself why he was moving it, when he does not even grow tea. But I told him that I will support it because I am a farmer of both tea and coffee. I also represent coffee and tea farmers in Kirinyaga County. We are one of the leading counties in the production of these two crops. These two crops are major foreign exchange earners in the country. We cannot run away from the fact that whether we like it or not, these are the two crops which earn Kenya a lot of money in the form of foreign exchange. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a safety measure, we should be in a position to protect the farmers during times when they are in problems. These farmers are having problems after injecting a lot of money in the farms and yet the markets are behaving badly. They cannot get enough money as they would like. That is what the Motion is all about. So, if, for example, the production costs could be lowered, the coffee and tea farmers certainly would make greater profits from their efforts. This is purely based on what we call the opportunity cost. In coffee and tea farming areas, there is very little that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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