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    "id": 980005,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980005/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lari, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jonah Mwangi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Jonah Mburu Mwangi",
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    "content": "There is also the issue of KTDA keeping money for too long, and do not show the interest that the money gains. Sometimes, they explain that money does not come instantly and that they sell to markets that pay after three months or sell on credit and the creditors do not pay on time. We should have a regulator so that he ascertains the credit period that such markets are given. If we sell our tea to England, do we take three months to pay KTDA? Or is it a cartel that will exist and give them more time to gain a bigger margin for the tea? Those are the many questions that this Board should answer. It should come in as soon as possible. When it was in existence, tea famers were fetching more money. I am a beneficially of that Board because when it was there and Sicily Kariuki was the CEO of the Board, tea used to fetch a lot of money. The Nyayo Tea Zones were working and Government to Government trading was working. We had a specific budget. Why should we have a budget for the Tourism Board while tea fetches more money than tourism? Why should we have a budget for sports promotion while tea fetches more money than sports? It is the contribution to the country we are looking at. I do not agree with what Hon. Kimunya has said because we look at the contribution. If they want to form a board for potatoes and tomatoes, then they can come together and form a board called Horticultural Produce Board. If it is found that fruits like avocados and macadamia contribute big to the cake of the country, then we can create another board to take care of the fruits so that they can have a board to export to China. But for tea, because of the contribution it makes to the country, the Board should be in place. We should not kill the golden goose that lays the eggs. Tea is the golden goose and we are killing it. We killed coffee because we killed the Coffee Board of Kenya. We are killing tea because we killed the Kenya Tea Board. We are continuously killing the major industries that contribute to this country, leaving it to the hand of few plantations which are brokers and cartels."
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