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    "id": 945689,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/945689/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kangema, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Clement Kigano",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13358,
        "legal_name": "Clement Muturi Kigano",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that the national Government is heavily dependent on foreign exchange for the sustainable growth of the economy; recognising that tea and coffee are major foreign exchange earning cash crops and greatly contribute to servicing of manufacturing and creation of employment; noting that the earnings from these crops are on the decline resulting in a record decrease in export earnings, with the tea farmers fetching the lowest payments in 10 years; concerned that such poor payments will adversely affect farmers leading to the abandonment or neglect of tea growing and the ensuing shortage of foreign exchange inflow, labour layoffs and redundancies, and the resultant decline in manufacturing due to lack of foreign exchange, this House resolves that to be able to insure and cushion farmers from any such adverse effects and to be able to secure, sustain and promote the continued growth of tea and coffee, the Ministry of Agriculture, through the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) Act, do provide and prescribe for the Guaranteed Minimum Returns Scheme for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}