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    "id": 979990,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/979990/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mathira, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rigathi Gachagua",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13428,
        "legal_name": "Rigathi Gachagua",
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    "content": "We want agencies like KTDA. This was a public body which was illegally converted to a private company. They have been exploiting the farmer. Under this framework, we want KTDA to become a public body that will be audited by the Auditor-General and will be subjected to the laws that govern other public bodies. As it is now, they just do what they want and the farmer is the loser in all the instances. We have situations that we want the Tea Board of Kenya to look into, in terms of representation of the farmer. Today, we do not have one farmer one vote in KTDA. People are elected by the shares that they have. So, a few farmers who have a lot of tea control the industry to the detriment of the small-scale growers. This is something that we must rein in, so that things can be okay. We want those who have a lot of tea to open their factories. Small scale growers must be allowed to democratically elect people who will represent them in the Board. We will propose amendments at the Committee of the whole House to really strengthen this Board to make sure that we have the dos and do nots. KTDA will be given the duty of marketing tea and nothing else. At that stage, we will also propose the Tea Board of Kenya to 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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