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    "id": 977175,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/977175/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatundu North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Wanjiku Kibe",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13339,
        "legal_name": "Annie Wanjiku Kibeh",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think this Report is lacking in the term of refence number four where they were supposed to look at the support the Ministry is giving to the Coffee Research Institute. We needed to hear what the Ministry is doing in this area and whether they are aware of the current state of the institute. I come from the coffee growing region and it is very saddening that we are talking about the challenges that have been highlighted in this Report. As a country, we recognise that agriculture plays a critical role in the economic empowerment of our people. Every other day the Government talks about creating jobs but it looks like our priorities are upside down. More appalling is to read from the Report that such a research institute does not have a proper laboratory to conduct its activities. We need to be sincere with ourselves as a country. Do we want to promote agriculture and more so coffee or do we want to kill this industry? I can tell you that every other day when I am in my constituency, I encounter farmers who keep crying and asking whether the Government has forgotten them. I honestly feel that we are not doing enough. I feel we are not honest even as we talk about reforming the coffee sector. The Committee tells that the workforce at the Coffee Research Institute is aged. That translates to the fact that the institute has no future. There is urgent need to be serious about the coffee sector. I was privileged to visit the State of Nebraska about a year ago on matters coffee. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}