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"content": "THAT, aware that tea farming is the leading foreign exchange earner in Kenya and that Kenya’s tea is the most popular the world over for its consistent high quality, considering that most tea factories owe colossal amounts of money in terms of loans to various financial institutions in the country, concerned that these loans impact more heavily on the small-scale tea farmers who contribute highly towards tea export, concerned further that, if these loans are not either waived or written off, tea production may be compromised both in quality and quantity thereby impacting negatively on our GDP; this House urges the Government to take over all the outstanding loans owed to the respective financial institutions by the tea factories so as to spur economic growth, sustain the tea quality and quantity and further make the small-scale tea farming more profitable."
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"content": "Hon. Twaha had sometime left to contribute to this matter but he is not in. Hon. Yusuf Chanzu, you can proceed! I also want to bring to the attention of the House that there have been some typing errors in the Motion as it is in the Order Paper. This Motion was amended and in the amended form, the words tea and coffee should appear to the end. So, the Motion should ideally read:- THAT, aware that tea and coffee farming is the leading foreign exchange earner in Kenya and that the Kenya’s tea and coffee are the most popular the world over for their consistent high quality, considering that most tea and coffee factories owe colossal amounts of money in terms of loans to various financial institutions in the country, concerned that these loans impact more heavily on the small-scale tea and coffee farmers who contribute highly towards tea and coffee export, concerned further that, if these loans are not either waived or written off tea and coffee production may be compromised both in quality and quantity thereby impacting negatively on our GDP, this House urges the Government to take over all the outstanding loans owed to the respective financial institutions by the tea and coffee factories so as to spur economic growth, sustain the tea and coffee quality and quantity and further make the small scale tea and coffee farming more profitable."
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"content": "That is how the Motion should read now. That is the Motion before you. Proceed, hon. Chanzu!"
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support this very important Motion. In the first instance, I would like to take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the Member for Ikolomani, Dr. Khalwale, for bringing this Motion because we have repeatedly said that agriculture is the backbone of this country. We cannot talk about agriculture without talking about tea and coffee because these have been the top foreign exchange earners in this country. This is particularly immediately after independence until a few years back when I think the Government neglected its role in supporting small-scale tea and coffee farmers. It is after this that production of these crops started declining. The issue that is being addressed here, particularly for tea, has to do with the small-scale farmers who relate with the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) and not the individuals. I heard some Members say last week that we cannot support farmers, as a whole, especially private tea farmers. So, this relates to those farmers who deal with the KTDA. Tea and Coffee, as I have said, are supposed to be the major and tangible foreign exchange earners, save for fluctuating world market prices which, occasionally, are chaotic. However, we should encourage more farming in tea and coffee. Our tea and coffee are of the highest quality in the world market. If we did so, then we will definitely make enough earnings which will then translate into enabling our small scale farmers to live a decent life."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this will go a long way in helping this country to achieve Vision 2030. We will not achieve it just by talking or holding conferences and seminars in big hotels in town. We will only achieve it, through active and direct participation in production for this country. This can only be done through these small scale farmers."
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