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    "id": 948467,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948467/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13219,
        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, just the way we support maize farmers in terms of subsidies for fertilizers, this is something that the Government should do. The income that farmers get is swallowed by the overhauled expenditure they incur in paying salaries for the people who pluck tea and the fertilizer that they have to purchase twice in a year. By the time they receive their money, everything is deducted to meet this overhauled expenses. We need to see more support from our Government in terms of extending subsidies to the tea farmers and end the cartels of tea auctions in Mombasa. Tea bonuses this year have fallen by more than 50 per cent. That is why farmers in Central Kenya, Rift Valley and parts of Western Kenya, including Kisii are threatening to uproot their tea bushes. If the salary you earn today falls by 50 per cent next year, how do you manage your loans and other things? I have seen bank managers from Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and Equity Bank Kenya Limited in Kisii summoning farmers to reschedule their loans. That is something we should not allow. 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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