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    "id": 779116,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion on the establishment of an Ad hoc Committee to investigate and propose solutions to the challenges faced in the tea sector in our country:- AWARE that Kenya is the third leading producer of black tea in the world, accounting for about 10 per cent of the total world tea production; COGNIZANT that tea contributes 4 per cent of Kenya’s GDP and 26 per cent of the country’s export earnings; FURTHER AWARE that the tea industry in Kenya supports close to 600,000 small-scale farmers and provides direct or indirect employment to over two million Kenyans; REALIZING that despite tea being Kenya’s most important cash crop, the Kenyan tea farmers, who are mainly small-scale farmers spread over fourteen counties, continue to receive a disproportionate return for the resources and time they put in tea production; FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING that the sector continues to face numerous other challenges which require urgent intervention to ensure that this critical sector thrives for the benefit of our economy; CONCERNED that the current situation, if left unchecked, may lead to the collapse of this critical sector of Kenya’s economy and great loss to the nation, investors and the Kenyan taxpayers; NOW, THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to establish a Select Committee to conduct an inquiry into the challenges facing the tea sector in Kenya and to submit a Report to the Senate within five months, with specific legislative and policy interventions to address the problems facing the tea sector in Kenya; AND FURTHER; that the following Senators be appointed to the Select Committee:- (1) Sen. Irungu Kang’ata, MP; (2) Sen. (Dr.) Christopher Lang’at, MP; (3) Sen. Samson Cherargei, MP; (4) Sen. Cleophas Malalah, MP; (5) Sen. (Prof.) Sam Ongeri, EHG, MP; (6) Sen. Njeru Ndwiga, EGH, MP; (7) Sen. George Khaniri, MGH, MP; (8) Sen. Aaron Cheruiyot, MP; and, (9) Sen. Mercy Chebeni, MP."
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