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    "id": 980638,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980638/?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": "with other regions like sugar-cane farmers. So, as we move forward, we want to improve the welfare of the entire country. It is true tea must be given focus. As we pass this Act, it is important that we repeal the section that entails tea in the AFA Act to avoid the issue of duplication. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have heard so much about tea auction that is taking place in Mombasa and my friend, the Member of Parliament for Kilifi tells me that we should just retain the auction in Mombasa. We need to know the reasons why the auction should not be done where the factories are located, but in Mombasa. We should be told. If it is for purposes of shipping, convenience and all that, we agree. But we should not allow the cartels in Mombasa to frustrate the farmers. In Kisii, there is a lot of tea, and Mheshimiwa is looking at me. This is a crop that cuts across the entire country and so it needs a lot of attention. Hon. Deputy Speaker, it was a mistake to come up with the AFA Act. The question we are asking is: When we did the repealing of all those Acts, where did the assets of the Tea Board of Kenya go? I sit in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and we have had a lot of accountability issues. Those assets disappeared and now that we want to revive this, will those assets be available so that the Exchequer cannot continue getting frustrated? Hon. Deputy Speaker, my humble request is that it is a good idea, but as we pass this Bill, we have the State Corporations Act. If we are coming up with a parastatal, we just agree that the Tea Board of Kenya is a parastatal. There must be some consistency with the State Corporations Act because any inconsistencies that are going to be there in the Bill will require cleaning. We are calling upon the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co- operatives - and he has already left - to be taking these points and what we said yesterday so that when he comes to reply…Since this is a skeletal Bill, it needs a lot of meat – and I hope the Senate is listening - so that it can stand the test of time. The way it is, as Hon. Cecily Mbarire and Hon. John Mbadi have said, we need to bring in serious amendments to it at the Committee of the whole House."
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