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    "content": "the county governments, taking into account that agriculture is a devolved function. I know that in some of the counties, the governors have taken initiative, especially the county represented by Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, which I know they have done something on the marketing of coffee. But we cannot just talk about marketing and forget that we need to produce. We must help in the production so that these volumes and the billions that we talk about in foreign exchange can cascade down to the farmers. Because we only hear that we generate billions of shillings, but they do not reach the mwananchi . I think this is what we have to deal with; break the cartels that are there, especially in the coffee industry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we must also not forget that we are dealing with – even as the Jubilee Government is really struggling to deliver on the manifesto – one of the biggest problems that we have, which is unemployment. If we can make coffee or tea production attractive, then we will attract young people; we will retain more people who will take up coffee and tea farming as a business so that we do not have the problem of having millions of Kenyans who are unemployed, taking into account that more than 70 per cent of this country’s population is under 40 years. We have a problem of unemployment and this is one way of tackling it. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we have to look at other ways of marketing; the marketing strategy must be re-evaluated and we must embrace digital world that we proclaim--- With those few remarks, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to support."
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