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    "id": 449099,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/449099/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Muchiri",
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        "legal_name": "John Muchiri Nyaga",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Departmental Committee on Implementation regarding the outstanding payments to coffee farmers owed by the Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) Limited. KPCU is currently under receivership. This matter was previously dealt with by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co- operatives during the Tenth Parliament. Coffee farmers were owed approximately Kshs145.9 million, excluding an interest of about Kshs21.2 million that was paid in 2010 by Kenya Commercial Bank. A further Kshs4.1 million was paid by receivers from sales captured by guarantee. Hon. Speaker, it is important to note that KPCU Limited understated the guarantee. The outstanding payment has created a lot of suffering amongst coffee farmers. Some of them are out of business while others have outstanding bank loans, which they are paying without any gainful businesses. In the Statement, the Chairperson should inquire into and report on the following:- (i) the implementation of recommendations of a Report by this House by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives, which recommended payment of coffee farmers before receivership; and (ii) the amount of money collected by the Receiver Manager since he took over. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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