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    "id": 979947,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13331,
        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute on this Bill. I must admit I do not come from a tea- growing area, but I know the enactment of this particular Bill will set a precedence that will have to be copied for other similar crops in the country. I would support, obviously, with a bit of care to caution us on some areas here and there. But before we get to that particular point, it is important to appreciate the importance of tea as a foreign exchange earner for this country. We must appreciate, from the onset, that tea is an important employer in this country, dotting all over the country and not restricted to one region alone. We must also admit where we come from, tea is an integral part of our culture. So, obviously anything to do with tea becomes an important aspect of discussion. However, we must also appreciate that probably we started having trouble concerning tea much earlier. The enactment of the Crops Act (No.16 of 2013) found when we already had problems in the tea sector. Probably the enactment of the Agriculture and Food Authority Act (No.13 of 2013) could have literally magnified the problems that were affecting the tea sector. Nevertheless, there must have been a good reason why they repealed all the Acts, including the Tea Act (Cap.343), to come up with one or two Acts to consolidate all the activities in the agricultural sector. However, it is becoming apparent that AFA was given too much than it can handle. We created a behemoth that cannot manage all the aspects of the agricultural sector. It happened at a time when what we required more was a more focused approach or management 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."
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