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    "id": 980546,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980546/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "(ii) the farmers complained of KTDA (iii) the farmers complained and made allegations of corruptions at Mogogosiek Tea Factory (iv) the Farmers proposed that the election of factory director should be based on one- man one-vote as opposed to the number of shares that a farmer has so as to avoid large scale farmers electing themselves and give an opportunity to a small-scale farmer to be elected a representative of the farmers in the factory (v) the price of fertilisers should be subsidised, especially for the tea farmers, and (vi) the farmers proposed that tea research be reinstated as it was before being taken to Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO). Some of the issues raised may not be addressed in the Bill but it paints a grim picture of tea farmers and the urgent need to address them through legislation and other means. Some of these issues are in court and it would be sub judice for the Committee to comment on them further except to say that they need to be addressed. Hon. Speaker, the Tea Bill (Senate Bill No.36 of 2018) revises the repealed Tea Act Cap 343. The former Act made provisions for regulating and controlling the production, manufacturing and trade in tea. It had been enforced since 9th May 1961. Hon. Speaker, it had been envisaged that with the enactment of the Crops Act No. 16 of 2013 and the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Act No. 13 of 2013, the challenges that face the agricultural sector, particularly, crops, would be effectively and adequately addressed. However, this has not been the case and the farmer has borne the brunt. This has not only affected the tea subsector, but also the sugar, coffee subsectors. The Tea Bill (Senate Bill No. 36 of 2018) seeks to take the tea farmer back to the days of glory. The farmers’ woes are addressed in this Bill. They may not be perfectly addressed, but the Bill seeks to give the tea sector its much deserved attention as a big foreign earner to the country. Hon. Speaker, I beg to move. Thank you."
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