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    "id": 990824,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/990824/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 27,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Runyenjes, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Eric Njiru",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2725,
        "legal_name": "Eric Muchangi Njiru",
        "slug": "eric-muchangi-njiru"
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    "content": "Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock regarding disparities in payment of tea bonuses to farmers in Runyenjes Constituency. The Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) is the managing agent for the Rukuriri and Mungania tea factories in Runyenjes Constituency. During the public participation for farmers initiated by KTDA in April 2019, they agreed that farmers will be paid 30 per cent of sold tea leaves between the months of July 2019 and December 2019 for deliveries to Rukuriri Tea Factory and Kshs10 per kilogramme will be paid for deliveries to Mungania Tea Factory for the same period. However, on the contrary, KTDA went ahead and paid farmers a uniform figure of Kshs5 per kilogramme for tea leaves delivered to both factories. It is notable that farmers had already been advanced monies by various financial institutions in the hope that they will be paid Kshs10.50 for Rukuriri Tea Factory and Kshs10 for Mungania Tea Factory thus affecting income projections for the farmers from the two factories. It is against this background that I seek for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to investigate and compel the KTDA to pay the remaining balance of Kshs5 and Kshs5.50 per kilogramme for tea leaves delivered to Mungania and Rukuriri tea factories respectively, in order to cushion the farmers against losses on monies loaned to them by financial institutions."
}