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    "id": 882434,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the radical departure in terms of management of the tea sector that this particular Bill proposes is to get tea as a crop out of the ambit of AFA. Whether there will be a decision later to fold and have different bodies manage themselves that will be a decision for another time. As that is being made, we want to rescue out team farmers. We propose that we get tea out of the ambit of AFA and it be managed by what we are now proposing to be the Tea Regulatory Authority of Kenya (TRAK). It is a regulatory body. This is another key highlight proposed in this Bill. We, as Senators, are the custodians of devolution. In our legislative work we are supposed to investigate and ensure that in all the decisions that we are making, at the end of the day, we are promoting the culture of devolving power from the central down to the grassroots level. Madam Temporary Speaker, the management of tea as a sector; we have proposed in this particular Bill that the bulk of the directors who will serve in this TRAK, be nominated by the Council of Governors (CoG). We pick out of the top seven tea producing counties as per the records that the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, each county nominates a single director to serve in the TRAK. It will, therefore, be impossible for my Governor in Kericho County to tell members of the public – the people who put The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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