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"content": " Dr. Kones, the schedule I have shows that the Government is supposed to respond at 10.50 a.m. So, you are now speaking at the pleasure of the Assistant Minister."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me conclude. I know the Assistant Minister needs this information, so that when he responds he will be able to address these issues. What the Assistant Minister needs to do is to facilitate the factories to be allocated part of these forests to grow trees, which will provide them with firewood. That will also cut down on the cost of hydro-power. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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"content": " Hon. Assistant Minister, there are quite a number of people who want to contribute. If you would like to donate some of your time, it is entirely up to you."
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to give a lengthy response to this Motion. However, I would like to donate a minute each to my colleagues."
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me a chance to contribute to this Motion. I thank the Mover of this Motion. It is a very critical Motion he has brought before the House. If it is passed, it will help the poor farmer we have at home to get more revenue. Let us look at the positive effects. If the farmer does not pay the money they are supposed to pay and if they do not pay the loans for the factories, they will be paid more money per kilogramme of the produce. The farmer will use the same money to purchase cooking fat, other essential things and pay school fees. Through taxation, the Government will get the money back. So, it is a good move for the Government to take over the loans owed by these factories, because at the end of the day, the Government will benefit. The farmer will have more disposal income to use. The farmer’s income will be used to buy consumables which are taxed, and so the Government will earn some money. I support the Motion."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Mover and the Assistant Minister for donating time to me. I do not come from a tea- growing area, but I went to a school in a tea-growing area. We must take cognizance of the fact that the world is now a global village and each country must know what their competitive niche is. Every country must be treated the way you would treat a company. In Kenya, we must declare our competitive niche, whether it is tea, coffee, fishing, or tourism. If we outline five areas which Kenya should consider its competitive niche in the global market, then we must put in resources and energy to ensure that we excel in those areas. In that regard, I would like to urge the Government to ensure that we do aggressive marketing and packaging. If you go outside there, you will realize that our Kenyan tea is packaged and sold as English tea when, in fact, it is Kenyan tea. The Government must change that. Secondly, we must make sure that we modernize our marketing and use all the modern techniques, whether it is facebook or whatever it is for marketing our tea. Finally, we must subsidize our farming. The developed world subsidizes its farming, but we do not. We must also diversify our farming. We have seen that fishing has developed in areas that are traditionally not fishing areas. Let us take agriculture to those areas that are not agricultural areas. I support."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion. We know that tea earns more foreign exchange than any other thing in Kenya. It earns more than tourism, for which we have a special Ministry. I think we should even create a Ministry of Tea because it generates more foreign exchange than any other product. Once the Government takes over these loans, the factories will manage their businesses. They will engage in activities that will generate more revenue for the factories. Kenya has the capacity to generate three times the tea we are currently generating and the market is there. It is only the Government to invest in tea like it is investing in the tourism and other sectors. I support this Motion and urge the Government to take over all these loans so that our farmers can get more."
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I would like to thank Dr. Khalwale for bringing this Motion to the House. My heart and spirit is with this Motion. I would like to start with coffee. Where I come from, we have been brought up by coffee. In the early 1970s and 1980s, coffee was the leading export earner. However, in the late 1980s and 1990s, the coffee fortunes went down as a result of massive debts. The Government has gone out of its way for the last five years to revive coffee production and as at now, many farmers are reverting to coffee production. The Government has instituted several measures to ensure that the production of coffee is enhanced. Most of the debts have been waived. As I stand here, I want to confirm that the Government has approved more than Kshs2 billion to waive most of the debts in the coffee subsector. We expect that in early January, the Minister for Co-operative Development and Marketing and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance will be able to move across the entire country issuing these cheques, so that the farmers and the farmers union can utilize this money to offset all those historical debts which have been weighing down the farmers."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the tea industry plays a very important role in the socio-economic development of the country. In the year 2010, the industry generated more than Kshs97 billion in export earnings and, indeed, it is the leading foreign exchange earner for the country. A further Kshs8 billion was generated by the industry in the local tea sales. It also created employment to over three million people along the value chain, either directly or indirectly, and it was also involved in infrastructure development in the rural areas."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the tea industry production is structured in two categories, that is the plantations and the small holder. The small holder category accounts for more than 56 per cent of the total tea production, and is managed through the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Ltd. The small holder tea production was established under the Agricultural Act, Cap. 318 of the Laws of Kenya and managed by the Government in 1960 under the Special Crop Development Authority (SCDA), a body which was replaced by the KTDA in 1964."
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