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    "id": 980630,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980630/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "I want to repeat what Hon. Mbadi has said; that, in the last Parliament, there was an outcry of having so many parastatals that could not sustain themselves. There was an objective of collapsing them together to form AFA. It has now been demonstrated that AFA has failed because under it, we have different directorates. We have the Director-General and below him we have Directors. We have somebody in-charge of coffee, tea and sugar. But, from the look of things, it seems AFA has failed and has not stood the test of time. As we come up with this Bill, the primary objective is to come up with a Tea Board. It should be a parastatal in-charge of the management of the entire value and supply chain of tea, starting from growing, processing, exporting and marketing. In other words, we must amend the AFA Act so that we do not have duplication. We have heard the outcry not only from tea. I am also aware there is a Sugar Bill which is within Parliament to establish a Sugar Board and that there is something to do with coffee. These are the critical products. So, it goes without saying that AFA has failed and it should remain, but deal with crops with have insignificant value like millet or sorghum. But the crops that are so significant particularly when it comes to foreign exchange earnings, they should be allowed to have established parastatals."
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