{"id":96246,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/96246/?format=json","text_counter":62,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Kenyatta","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":168,"legal_name":"Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Question was addressing itself more to wheat as opposed to rice. I mentioned in my response that the reason for the 35 per cent is because of a bilateral agreement between Kenya and Pakistan. It is a trade off for rice and tea. Like I said, in other countries, they are producing adequate supply and that is why they have the higher tariff rate. We still have a shortfall in our country as it stands currently and like I said, we need to honour our bilateral agreement with Pakistan because it has its direct effect on tea exports to Pakistan."}