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    "id": 980072,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980072/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mogotio, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Tuitoek",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kamuren Tuitoek",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Tea is a major crop in Kenya and we all know that it brings foreign income to this nation. Tea comes in various varieties. I know we are used to the black tea but there are other varieties like purple tea and other types which nowadays are being grown by various farmers. Of late, this particular crop has not been giving returns to the farmers. The prices of tea nowadays are very low and cannot sustain farmers’ livelihoods. Being a member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, I was able to visit the tea growing areas and actually interacted with farmers. Their major cry is that their livelihoods cannot be sustained. When they pick the tea and they deliver to the factories, they are paid little for that particular month and they wait for what we call bonus or payment which comes later. Most of these bonuses are affected by international pricing which is also affected by international events. Most of tea is exported to Egypt, Pakistan and maybe Afghanistan and the other Middle East countries. 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."
}