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    "id": 779785,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also wish to add my voice to what my colleagues have said. Kiambu County is one of the counties that produce a lot of tea in some of the sub-counties, for example, parts of Lari, Gatundu North and Gatundu South. There are Kenyan farmers who are currently living in completely unacceptable conditions, yet they do most of the work of producing one of the essential commodities that has given this country the status in the international market that we enjoy. It has also been said that a lot of returns come from tea. However, there is an issue with the conditions under which our tea farmers live and the amounts they are taxed and what they finally get paid. This story starts all the way from the factories where they supply, under the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) management and other international companies. The most oppressed person is the farmer. This debate has been in the House earlier. One of the things this Committee needs to look at is the propensity of counties to impose taxes on products which are locally produced, whether in transit for local consumption or export. We have a central system of tax collection. One of the aspects that has been a big issue is that if we let all counties, for every reason that they might find fit, try and come up with taxation that is justified to tax products inter-county then we will have a chaotic system. I urge that this be looked at keenly to ensure that our tea farmers can enjoy livelihoods equal to the efforts they employ to get us going and enjoy the status we have as a county in tea farming."
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