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    "id": 774763,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 46(2)(b), I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries regarding the introduction by the County Government of Mombasa of a tax/levy of Kshs32 per packet of tea being exported through the Port of Mombasa. In the statement, the Chairperson should: (1) State whether the Government is aware that tea is among the leading export earners in Kenya. (2) That the tea sector employs more than five million Kenyans. (3) Table a schedule showing the type and amounts of taxes being levied on the tea farmers and all the dealers in the tea sector. (4) Explain why the County Government of Mombasa has introduced this tax of Kshs32 of made tea being exported through the Port of Mombasa. (5) Explain the measures the Government will take to harmonise and waive some of the levies, licenses and fees that are being charged on tea farmers, leaving very little earnings for them."
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