{"id":980000,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980000/?format=json","text_counter":246,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Lari, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Jonah Mwangi","speaker":{"id":13405,"legal_name":"Jonah Mburu Mwangi","slug":"jonah-mburu-mwangi"},"content":"I want to support this Bill because of the creation of the Board. I insist that I am happy with the nomination of the board members, although I wish that more farmers are nominated to the Board - especially small-scale farmers rather than the plantation farmers. This is because it is the small-scale farmers who have a very huge need to negotiate. Big farmers like Brooke Bond or Finlay can market their tea outside the country as corporates. But small-scale farmers who are taken by KTDA as the umbrella need more representation in the Board."}