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    "id": 598642,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sang requested for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture regarding the declining profits in the tea industry. The questions were many and as you will recall, other honourable Senators rode on those questions and asked many more questions. Let me go directly to citing the questions and the answers. The first question was on whether the Government is aware that the amount of tea bonuses to farmers has drastically declined in the last three years and reasons for the same. The Government is aware that the final amount of tea bonus paid to farmers declined to Kshs35.5 billion in 2013 to Kshs19.8 billion in 2014. The payment has since risen to Kshs28.7 billion in 2015. However, it is important to note that the final bonus payment had earlier risen from Kshs30.5 billion in 2011 to Kshs33.9 billion and Kshs35.6 billion in 2012 and 2013 respectively. The sharp decline in bonus payment in 2014 was attributed to the following:- (1) Oversupply of tea in the world market following the good prices which were experienced in 2011, 2012 and 2013 respectively. For example, out of the 157 billion kilogrammes of world tea surplus, Kenya contributed about 50 per cent of the surplus; 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."
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