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    "id": 980584,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980584/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo CWR, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladwell Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Gladwell Jesire Cheruiyot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance. From where I am sitting, I sympathise with the farmers of this country. As much as I want to contribute or give relief to the tea farmers, I have reservations on this Bill. This country cannot afford to have a Bill for every crop that we plant. If today we have the Tea Board Bill, we will need the Maize Board Bill, the Millet Board Bill and the Onions Board Bill. That is not affordable in terms of economy. If we want to improve on the economic part of our farmers, their financial issues, and to benefit them, we should think of generally producing a Bill that is going to cater for all farmers of this country. The challenges the tea growers are facing are almost the same challenges that the coffee farmers, maize farmers and all the other farmers of this country are facing. It is important that we make a Bill for posterity so that, in future, we do not come back and think of merging all the Bills. I want to compare this crop issue with what is happening in the Ministry of Health. They cannot have Bills for every disease. They are thinking of having one authority in the Ministry of Health for all regulatory bodies which will make the running of it in the country easier. So, I respect the sponsor of the Bill and the idea of Tea Board of Kenya, but I refuse the single-handed way of dealing with one crop and creating a Bill for it. I beg to oppose the Bill."
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