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    "id": 490452,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. The President has done us proud. In recognition and acknowledgement of the provisions of the Constitution, he has attempted to a great extent to attain equity and fair distribution of those appointments. He has also gone for quality personnel. I would like to recognise here the appointment of Prof. Godia, especially in the UNESCO agency. Prof. Godia has made a lot of contribution to UNESCO. He has helped us to establish a lot of shares within the UNESCO circles. This is the right person having served as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, where that agency was domiciled. I would also like to acknowledge and thank the President for recognizing Lemoshira Richard. I can speak confidently about him because he was my student from Form One. He is a very pleasant young man and very talented in many ways. If he takes that talent of Kenyans to Harare, we are going to have very good representation there. That does not mean that I do not have good words to say about the others. Generally, we have a good team that is going to represent us. What is important, and I would like to underline this, is the enhancement and propagation of our foreign policy. If we have a team like this, it is very important for us as Kenyans to domesticate a lot of the Conventions that we sign with international entities. We have signed so many agreements, but we do not domesticate them here. I would like to see a lot of legislation that endears us to those Conventions and agreements that we make with the international community. The point that I have great concern for now is the falling price of tea. The price for Kenya tea is falling. Farmers, for instance, from Kakamega County who were earning Kshs24 per kilogramme, are now earning Kshs10. Most of them do not have a reason now to continue cultivating tea. When our brother goes to Cairo, which is the main importer of our tea, this should be addressed. Across the board, we should have business with the international community which benefits Kenyans up to the grassroot. We should avoid diplomacy that just enhances the elite class. Kenyans out there are producing crops, especially tea, for which we would like to have an international market. With those few remarks, I support."
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