{"id":948644,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948644/?format=json","text_counter":226,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Khaniri","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":171,"legal_name":"George Munyasa Khaniri","slug":"george-khaniri"},"content":"Another recommendation is to remove tea from the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) and have a board created in its place. There is also need to have a strong policy and institutional framework to govern the tea industry since it is a major foreign exchange earner; provide elite clones of tea to smallholder farmers and the Government should assist them in uprooting and replacing the old bushes so that the farmers have the new variety."}