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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In spite of the last sentence by the Assistant Minister, I am glad that in heart, spirit, body and mind are in support of this Motion."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a saying in Kiluhya that when a snake enters the house, you do not run out of the house to look for a stick to kill the snake. You kill that snake using your own walking stick at the risk of breaking that stick. There is a snake in this House; the snake is called poverty. If we must fight it, we have to use the stick that we have in the House, and the stick we have is that Kenyan tea is the number one foreign exchange earner."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Government never ceases to surprise me. The Government is aware that they brag day in, day out about our tea when they do nothing about helping the farmers in construction of factories. They do nothing to help farmers to access cheap fertilizers; they do nothing in marketing tea on behalf of the farmers. They do not even do anything about the road infrastructure within the tea growing areas. It is time the Government woke up and realized that the role they are supposed to play is providing all these things if tea will continue earning Kenya the respect and money that we get from it."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to thank all the hon. Members, hon. Gitari, hon. Kabogo, hon. Lee Kinyanjui, hon. Twaha, hon. Chanzu, hon. Njuguna, hon. (Dr.) Monda, hon. Mbarire, hon. (Dr.) Kilemi Mwiria, hon. Keter, hon. Kones and, of course, my own brother, hon. Mbiuki, for supporting this particular Motion. I would also like to thank Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona and hon. Lagat. I am sorry that I had left you out."
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"content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask the Government to think about marketing. It is important that the Government goes out and becomes very aggressive in marketing Kenyan tea. In fact, there is room to ensure that all trade attaches in all our foreign missions are given performance contracts to ensure that in the country where they are accredited, they sell some tea in those countries, because tea is enjoyed by just about all men and women of the world. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if leaders really want to commit to the Kenya of tomorrow, it is towards steering this country to a status of zero foreign aid from the so-called development partners and towards 100 per cent trade engagement with the international community. We cannot do this if you are ignoring obvious earners like tea. I want to assure hon. Members as I beg you to support this Motion, that we are not alone. From the time Mr. Gitari seconded this Motion last week, my facebook page and twitter accounts have been flooded with messages of congratulations for this Motion. I have received text messages on my phone and even phone calls. This means that if we want to give it, then using Ms. Mbarire’s own words, this is the best Christmas gift we can give to these farmers. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, this Motion is asking the Government nothing new. If the Government can find money to invest in the Women Enterprise Fund; if the Government can find money to invest in the Youth Enterprise Development Fund; if the Government can find money to invest in small and medium- scale enterprises, then the Government can surely find money to invest in tea. Unlike the above stated, it is only tea that is a sure earner of forex. With those many remarks, I beg to move."
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"content": " Please, note that the Clerks- at-the-Table have corrected---"
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"content": "(Question of the Motion as corrected put and agreed to)"
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"content": "Resolved accordingly:-"
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"content": "THAT, aware that tea and coffee farming are the leading foreign exchange earners in Kenya, and that 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 exports, concerned 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 the economic growth, sustain tea and coffee quality and quantities and further make the small scale tea and coffee farming more profitable."
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"content": " Hon. Members, with regard to Orders No.10 and 11, the respective movers have requested that these two Orders be deferred to next week and the Chair has conceded."
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