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    "id": 910494,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/910494/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is any merit in this Petition, it is how we now get the common man - the ordinary small-scale tea holder with less than 1,000 trees – to survive in that harsh environment. This morning I was looking at someone who grows a lot of things in a quarter of an acre. They are quite comfortable with that because of the modern scientific methods of farming. The type of tea bush they planted some 20 or 40 years ago is the same. They have not been able to adopt clones such as Clone 35, which does very well, particularly in some of the highlands in the western part of Kenya and some various types of clones that have very high yields that one can pick every nine to ten days. This regulation is important because if we do not give power and authority to our people, then devolution will not have a meaning, more so, when agriculture is one of those areas that have been devolved. The Petition will draw a lot of information from the just concluded Tea Bill that we have been able to pass in this House. The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries should be able to draw a lot of inspiration and material from that Committee because we covered quite a lot."
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