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    "id": 884028,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "everyone. When we go to any committees, they serve us with the African tea. You find people leaving coffee and caffeine for tea. People should not say that tea is for Maragolis alone. I am proud to be a Maragoli, and I take tea in the morning, at 10.00 a.m. and even at lunch time when the sun is so hot, I will not mind taking tea. Before I go to sleep, I have to take tea. If I do not, I will wake up in the middle of the night to prepare tea because it has that therapeutic effect, it refreshes the soul and the mind and it has some form of relaxation. Once you take tea, you just relax. When you are stressed and then take tea, you just relax. This is an industry that we must encourage. We must see how exactly we can ensure that the industry is vibrant. Madam Temporary Speaker, when you go to Kericho County, you will always find a bed of greenness which is so reassuring and beautiful. That greenness is all tea. You can imagine more than three-quarters of Kericho County is just tea. As you pass there, you just relax your mind. Tea farmers are in Kericho County and they need to be supported. Even when we need this tea industry to come out strongly, we have to take that service to the people. In my view, I think it will be a good thing even for the main plant to be in Kericho County where people are obsessed with growing tea. When the plant is there, they should also remember to take it to Kakamega and Vihiga counties because the Maragolis are very good. I wish Sen. Khaniri was here, because he would have supported me; Maragolis love tea and they plant it. Therefore, even if there is a plant in Kericho, there is need for a branch of the plant to go to Vihiga and other tea growing areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, we are living at a time when we need to support our farmers. Our business as a Senate is to support devolution. If we cannot support our farmers, we cannot say that we are at the centre stage of devolution. We can only be at the centre stage of devolution if we are supporting our farmers and what exactly is happening on the ground, because that is core business as a Senate. I support this Bill, believing and hoping that it will see the light of day. Even when it goes to the First, Second and Third Reading, let people give their valuable input. Let them come in and propose amendments that are going to enrich this Bill. It needs to be enriched so that it can be of good quality and that, it is going to serve the people of this country. Thank you for the opportunity that you have given me to contribute to this valuable Bill. I beg to support."
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