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    "id": 786393,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ekal",
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        "legal_name": "Malachy Charles Ekal Imana",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me the chance to add my voice together to those of other hon. Senators. Coming from Turkana County, I am not necessarily a tea grower. However, I want to contribute as a Kenyan. Tea is very important to Kenyan lives. I lived oversees for many years and can tell you that nothing is as good as a cup of Kenyan tea. We would go out to look for shops that sell Kenyan tea, knowing that it is first class Kenyan tea which is usually sent overseas. We would buy and brew a nice pot of tea, and enjoy it with a lot of relish. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also passed through Kericho County a number of times as a student on my way to Kisumu County and back. I always admired that ‘carpet’ of tea from a distance. I always felt I could dwell on it and have a nice time. So, I have had good experience with tea. Therefore, it makes me sad to hear that multinationals are taking advantage of our people and an industry that should be helping our people. It is a good idea that Sen. Cheruiyot brought this Motion, so that we can tighten loopholes, where multinationals are taking advantage of us. We want our own people to have advantage of what they produce and not people from outside. I know that they make a lot of money by selling that tea overseas. I would buy a kilo of Kenyan tea at so many dollars, and I know that they do not pay our people in dollars. So, they are taking advantage of our own people. This Committee should, therefore, tighten those loopholes and make this a useful crop for our people to have a decent living from the work they are putting in. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."
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