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"speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank you for giving me this chance to add my voice to the report and the interest that the Chair of the Agricultural Committee has shown in the tea sector. I also extent the same to Sen. (Prof.) Lesan for organizing the conference that is coming up. I must say that tea has been a big contributor to our economy in the past few years. I would be interested to know by statistics how much it has dropped. It used to contribute a lot in terms of foreign exchange. Other contributors are coffee and tourism. As Senators we need to check on these issues very closely because we look after counties. When our people are being affected due to drop in prices, we need to take an interest and find out why it is happening. We need to find out whether it is the prices in the world market or because of other local problems affecting our farmers---"
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