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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Koech",
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    "content": "levy shall be imposed. This levy replaces the CESS. One thing I am not fully sure of is why the change of the name. As the name is changed, when we look at the functions and the uses of the said money, I note that 50 per cent shall be applied by the Board in the manner provided in Section 19. When you look at Section 19, it talks about salaries, the Board, the management, the tea foundation and so forth. There is nothing to do with road maintenance. I would really want to know where the CESS will appear here. We must ensure that we take care of those roads. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would expect the Bill to address the issue of management in our factories. Where I come from, and the Minister is fully aware because we come from the same place, we have one factory known as Chebut Factory. It has never given rise to even one single factory in the area while other factories, because of efficiency, have resulted into up to ten other factories, bringing the factories closer to farmers. We must address the issue of management to ensure efficiency so that the factories are moved closer to the people. The other issue is the collection of tea. This again zeros down to inefficiency as regards the collection of tea. In most tea factories the collection of tea is done very late thus the tea reaps very low values. This means that the bonuses in most cases are very low. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to state here that in this country we can really revamp this industry through the Bill that has been introduced by the Minister in addressing the issues raised by my colleagues. One hon. Member had proposed a Bill and looking at it, it addressed some of the issues we have raised. Some have already been addressed in the said Bill. I besiege the Minister to harmonize this so that all of us can give an input so that together we can fully protect the farmer and make him or her, after the passage of this Bill, smile. We should make the rest of the farmers in areas potential for growing tea be able to move to start planting tea. Thank you."
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