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    "id": 979973,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/979973/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill, but with amendments. This Bill is very timely because tea, just like the whole of the agricultural sector, is facing a lot of problems. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the tea sub- sector, coffee and sugar included, formed part of what was called the blue-chip industries in this country. It was then that most Kenyan families depended on tea, coffee, sugar-cane and even cotton. This Bill is very timely because for it to be introduced here, the tea sub-sector as we speak, is facing serious problems. It needs a body to oversee it and ensure it is well regulated. The heydays of tea in the 1960s 1970s and 1980s were as a result of very good management and regulations by the Tea Board of Kenya. We remember those days with a lot of nostalgia. Those were the days when farmers were able to buy brand new cars and many workers in the tea factories would get good salaries. Also, businesses flourished in tea growing areas like Kericho, 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."
}