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    "id": 990826,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cecily Mbarire",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Cecily Mutitu Mbarire",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to add my voice to that of the MP for Runyenjes Constituency, Hon. Eric Muchangi. This matter has brought a lot of problems and conflicts on the ground amongst the farmers and the directors of the factories. As the Committee looks into this matter, it will be important to understand at what point KTDA decided the rates at which the farmers would be paid. Normally, the people who determine the rates for the farmers’ pay is actually the directors of the factories. Here we are seeing a KTDA that has become bigger than the farmers and yet, it was created to facilitate the farmers. They are the ones now deciding how much a farmer should be paid, which is against the rules and regulations of the tea industry. They are pushing prices down the throats of the farmers without caring what the farmer will say. It is this same KTDA that initiated the process of public participation last year where those amounts were decided. We want to know on what basis they are deciding not to pay farmers as per the agreement. Secondly, why in particular, have they refused to listen to the Rukuriri Factory directors who have made it very clear that they have the money to pay, but they still insist that they pay Kshs5? This is causing unnecessary suffering among the farmers. I hope this can be taken as a matter of urgency. It is causing a lot of suffering. We want this matter resolved. Let me repeat that KTDA has become the biggest obstacle to the growth of the tea farmer. I am happy that we have the Tea Bill and the Tea Regulations that will be coming later. We must clip the wings of the KTDA."
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