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    "id": 980066,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitutu Masaba, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Shadrack Mose",
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        "legal_name": "Shadrack John Mose",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to add my voice to this very critical Bill. From the outset, I support it. The production of tea in this country has been the mainstay of many communities. In my constituency of Kitutu Masaba, tea production has enabled many of my constituents to educate their children and supported all activities of value to them. This Bill is critical for the single reason that it will regulate, develop and promote the tea industry. It will also help in coordination of individuals and organisations within the tea industry in this country. The net effect will be equitable access to benefits from the industry. We have KTDA which is a private organisation that has had the monopoly of managing tea. If you look at KTDA as it is constituted, you will realise that the aspects of regulation and ensuring that the ordinary farmer gets the benefits that they deserve have actually continued to dwindle over a period of time. Why do I say this? KTDA has even now abdicated the responsibility of ensuring that it deals with the farmers and they get access to the benefits by more or less digressing. You will find that KTDA now is seriously in the financial and insurance industries and many other areas that if you look at the net benefits that it has to the farmers, it is very negligible. If you even look at the way they are conducting the election of directors at the local levels, they are based on what number of shares a farmer has. In many regions, it is sad to realise that maybe one farmer has so many shares and when it comes to the election of directors one individual dictates which directors should be elected, and at the end of the day farmers’ interests are not taken into account."
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