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    "id": 978944,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/978944/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kigumo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Wangari Mwaniki",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13369,
        "legal_name": "Ruth W Mwaniki",
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    "content": " Thank you Hon. Speaker. I too, like my colleagues, rise to support the Tea Bill, 2018. We all know the contribution the tea industry has made to the economy of our country. It is rather unfortunate that the regulation of the industry was locked up in AFA. I am happy that this Bill has come at the right time and it will address many issues. I have read both the Bill and the Report of the Committee. I have seen various recommendations by the Committee. I have also listened to proposed amendments that seek to streamline some of the issues that were in the Act. Hon. Speaker, the sales of tea last year were recorded at Kshs69 billion for the factories managed by KTDA. Out of that amount, Kshs46 billion, which is only two-thirds of the sales, went to the farmers. My concern then is to have a board that will strongly regulate on areas to do with the transaction costs. What eats into the earnings of the farmer after he has sold the green tea? Where can we do cost containment? How do we ensure there is efficiency?"
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