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    "id": 843295,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/843295/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Seneta",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 611,
        "legal_name": "Mary Yiane Senata",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I support this Motion on the extension of time for this very important Committee. Tea being one of our cash crops, we need to look at how to improve on its production. Food production in this country is faced by a lot of challenges from production, processing to marketing. Therefore, this Committee needed a bit of some time to look at the challenges facing this sector, and also to come up with a report that may be able to advise on the way forward for this important sector. Food marketing in this country is faced by a lot of challenges in terms of competition. Foodstuffs are coming into the country from the East Africa Community (EAC) region and many other countries. Our farmers are not able to sell this cash crop at a profit because of the competition that is being faced. This Committee needed also to look at how the farmers growing this cash crop can be helped. We have the small-scale farmers who are being faced by a lot of challenges in terms of water, shortage of rain, fertiliser, cost of pesticides and other costs of production such as energy. Therefore, this Committee needed a lot of time. They should also open up the scope of their mandate to cover many more of the challenges facing this sector. I support."
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