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    "id": 455946,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/455946/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murungi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2802,
        "legal_name": "Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": "We, the undersigned residents of South Imenti and tea farmers draw the attention of the House to the following: That the performance of the tea industry is vital to the Kenyan economy. Noting that tea is the largest foreign exchange earner in Kenya contributing over Kshs116 billion in 2012 and the tea industry consistently contributes 4 per cent of our GDP, more than 650,000 Kenyans directly earn an income from tea. Tea accounts for approximately 60 per cent of Kenya’s export earnings and is the leading foreign exchange earner. That tea cess supports and funds maintenance of rural roads, health and education facilities in the tea growing areas. That whenever there is an unprecedented increase in tea production in Kenya, auction prices usually experience a big slump as recorded in 1995, 1999, 2001, 2007 and 2013. The upward and downward trends in tea prices are cyclical and dependent on supply and demand situations. That the a d valorem levy continues to hurt the tea industry as it is a regressive tax which penalizes the higher priced handpicked quality tea produced by the small scale farmer. Further, the tea industry is grappling with increased costs of farm inputs. That the Government has failed to create an enabling environment by eliminating the bottlenecks that the tea industry is exposed to, for example, the Tea Board of Kenya, should harmonize the payments made by the tea industry to various bodies and create a single window payment system."
}