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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to talk about this Bill. Tea is a very important resource to millions of Kenyans, especially where I come from, eastern and central parts of Kenya. It has been said that tea is the number two foreign exchange earner in the country. That ranking also shows the importance of tea nationally. This is the industry that has somehow survived the ravages of economic problems that faced this country in the past. Coffee, maize and other crops went down in the past, but tea has somehow survived those difficult times up to now. Although tea is the second foreign exchange earner, I think tea can still do better. It can still improve the lives of millions of people in this country. Therefore, reforms in this sub-sector are long overdue. In fact, the Minister has brought this Bill in time, but the reforms are long overdue. If you look at the specific reforms that the Minister is trying to introduce, you will find that they look good. This Bill is a bit one-sided. It tends to lean on the side of regulations. It looks like somehow, very little has been addressed in terms of the interest of farmers. I remember there was another Bill in this House which was introduced by Dr. Kones. I would have appreciated if the Minister had kind of arranged with Dr. Kones and harmonized the two Bills, so that we can look at this Bill in its improved manner and pass it, so that reforms in this sector are undertaken."
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