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    "content": "THAT, aware that agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy, contributing to food security and employment of rural households; further aware that cashewnuts are mainly grown in the Coast region of Kenya, producing about 10,000 metric tonnes of the nuts valued at Kshs264.9 million; recognising that Kenya has a potential to produce more than 63,000 metric tonnes valued at over Kshs1 billion; noting that the sub-sector has the potential to create many employment opportunities through value addition and fetch the Exchequer millions of shillings through exports; deeply concerned that cashewnuts farming in Kenya has continued to face key challenges among them, low producer prices, which has seen many farmers cut down their trees; appreciating that Kilifi, a region at the coast of Kenya, used to be a major producer of cashewnuts in the 1980s, but the production has since dwindled, which led to among other things the fraudulent sale of the Kilifi Cashewnuts Factory, loss of livelihood for farmers and subsequently increased poverty levels; this House urges the Government to put in place measures to revive the cashewnut industry in the country."
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