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    "id": 980718,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980718/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": "The other thing I have noticed in my county is corruption at the tea buying centres. Farmers take their tea there, something happens on the weighing scale and some of the weight is given to other farmers after corrupting the clerks. You find a farmer who is doing so well getting less bonus. These are issues that we need to look at. As I wind up, I want to urge the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to look at these issues. If possible, they should come up with a Bill that is going to repeal the AFA Act and the Crops Act, so that we can deal with these issues that we all know. This is our work. We know these issues. Why are we not dealing with them? An example is the issue of low bonus in my county. We get the lowest bonus for tea. Something has to be done. This is where I support Moses Kuria when he talks about minimum guaranteed returns. We need minimum guaranteed returns for tea and other critical crops like sugar. We need minimum guaranteed returns. We need a reserve fund, so that when farmers get low bonuses, they are able to equalise that and take their children to school. With this submission, I support the Bill. I ask for amendments to bring up the issues that Members have raised. I also encourage the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to take their work seriously and address the issues we are having with our farmers in the coffee, sugar, tea and in any other crop that is grown in this country. With those few remarks, I support."
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