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    "id": 948691,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "and what the Senate needs to do but sometimes, our recommendations are not implemented. So, there is need for implementation of this Report so that the tea farmers can see that we are moving the needle. As a Senate, we have to move the needle and feel the farmers. We have to ensure we do something for our famers because farming contributes a lot of money to the Kenyan economy and solves the problem of unemployment. Sometimes people get frustrated because of unemployment. The youth get into unethical and illegal behaviour because we have not addressed the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.1 which is important. It is about eliminating poverty. As a country, we have to eliminate poverty. We can only do so by ensuring that we protect our farmers. Unless we do so, there is no way they will walk holding their heads high. A tea farmer in Kenya is at the mercy of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) and brokers who benefit from their sweat. When you do research, you will find that the Kenyan tea earns a lot of revenue. Does the farmer himself get the revenue and benefit from it? We must move the needle as a Senate. I also commend the proposition that the ad hoc Committee came up with. They recommended that there is need for the President to come up with a commission of inquiry to address the problems affecting the tea sector. The commission should comprise of people who are impartial and have a feeling for the farmers. Those people must move the needle. They must be objective and ensure that they do not waste a lot of time to come up with resolutions that are not sustainable. They should propose lasting resolutions so that we protect our farmers. As I support this Report, we should move to the next level so that we come up with a sustainable way of protecting our farmers because we have a huge number of farmers that we must walk with. I thank you."
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