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    "content": "the economy and making sure that people get work in agro-industries. Tea and coffee farming have a component of value addition although minimal. However, the fact is that the factories that we have, if they were operated well and if these subsidies were there, that would help the country and farmers. I want to agree with the Senate Majority Leader in what he said about energy costs. I tried chicken farming but because of outages in the supply of electricity, I have almost given up. Once I put my eggs in the incubator, a batch of 5,000 or 10,000 ended up in waste due to power outages. I have tried to use a generator but the costs are so high that at the end of the day, you get nothing. Therefore, this is not a kilimo or biashara . In the coffee and tea sectors where we have factories and other processes which require electricity, probably, the Government should consider removing tax like the VAT so that our tea and coffee become competitive. The idea of having a strategic storage of tea and coffee may help us at times determine how we play the international market like Brazil does. Brazil produces a lot of coffee in terms of volumes and probably, we cannot compete. However, in the coffee sector, since we produce Arabica Coffee, which is not produced by many countries, we can make a difference here. In the tea sector, where we are the second largest exporter and the fourth largest producer, we can make a difference by making strategic interventions suggested by hon. Muthama. Without taking more time, I support this Motion and hope that it will see the light of day in terms of implementation."
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