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    "id": 455957,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Bunyasi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support the petition by hon. Kathuri. I do not come from a tea growing area but the petition touches on a number of key comparatively related issues. First, we should pay special attention to the key sector and remember that good times should be available to support bad times. It is also important that, that kind of stabilisation from within the resources of the industry itself needs to be looked at as well. Secondly, this is a pointer to the need to buttress the activities in various value chains in this economy. That way, we shall also be responding to the needs of regional distribution disparities. I would urge the Government to look at the vertical value chains in all the key commodities. Some may be cash crops, which are export oriented. These are very important. Others may be food crops but they are all income earning activities. So, alongside this, it would a very good opportunity for the Government to think critically and creatively on how to support the value chains. Where commodities no longer have markets, we should not artificially buttress them. However, leading commodities such as tea, coffee, maize and sugar – which is very much on the forefront – the Government must look at it critically from that broad perspective. Due to those perspectives, I support the petition brought by the hon. Member and thank him for bringing it forward. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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