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    "id": 948720,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/948720/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 738,
        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to support this Report that has been brought to the House concerning the tea industry. We are letting Kenyans down as Parliament. A lot of money and time has been spent on coming up with this Report. Members of the Senate went around the country on a factfinding mission. What happens after such reports are brought to the House? This ad hoc Committee has come up with very good recommendations on tax, value addition, pricing and lack of competition that makes it very difficult for the tea industry to survive. We have had similar reports from time to time. However, it is unfortunate that such reports are kept. I wonder how big the archive for such reports is that every report ends up in it while nothing happens. It is important that such a report is implemented. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are killing our own children. If agriculture is affected and nothing is done about it yet we know very well that the economy of Kenya is totally based on agriculture, as the Senator for Kakamega County has said, it is not about the tea industry alone. The coffee, sugar cane and fish industries are suffering. The people in Kisumu County and in the other five counties that touch Lake Victoria and do fish farming are suffering because of lack of support by the Government on the agriculture sector. The President highlighted Four Agenda that he would concentrate on in his second term, and agriculture is one of them. However, in the rural areas, there are no particular projects at the county or sub-county levels that give me the confidence that something is being done about agriculture. I am not aware of any agricultural projects in my county. Rice farming has not been rejuvenated or jumpstarted in my county. We get rice from other countries. We are killing our own children and supporting other people’s children. A mother who kills her own child and supports another mother’s child cannot claim to be a mother worth anything. 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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