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    "id": 548189,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/548189/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Order, Sen. Ongoro! There is another petition to the Senate by Maj.(Rtd.) Joel Kiprono Rop, concerning the state of the tea industry in Kenya. THE STATE OF THE TEA INDUSTRY IN KENYA Hon. Senators, pursuant to Standing Orders No. 220(1)(a) and 225(2)(b), I hereby report to the Senate that a petition has been received from one Maj.(Rtd.) Joel Kiprono Rop, a citizen of Kenya and a resident of Bomet County, concerning the state of the tea industry in Kenya. As you are aware, under Article 119(1) of the Constitution: “Every person has a right to petition Parliament to consider any matter within its authority, including enacting, amending or repealing any legislation.” Hon. Senators, the salient issues raised in the said petition are as follows: (1) The systematic and brutal acquisition of previously communal ancestral lands in the Kenyan highland by the British colonial government to pave way for white settlers to cultivate tea on large scale. (2) The subsequent transformation of the said lands from communal ancestral lands to, firstly, Government land and later to private land in the hands of multinational companies and individual private owners. (3) The domination of the tea sector in Kenya by the said large scale tea estates and multinationals to the detriment of small scale farmers who have been unable to fully benefit from the sector. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
}