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PRESIDENT Daniel arap Mol yesterday told
agricultural officers and other leaders to
clearly explain to tea farmers differences
between prices of green tea leaves and the
processed tea.
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The President noted
that tea farmers should
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have been given an explanation all along that it
was the proc'ssed tea
President Moi regretted that
which at times fetched Shs instead of knowlegeable people
farmers on that issue,
60 and above per kilo in educating
me had deliberately confused
tea auctions.
the ordinary people with cheap
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President Moi further noted
that it was from the sale of
processed tea that tea farmers
got bonuses.
The President was speaking at
St Francis Girls' High School,
Mangu in Kiambu District where
he joined students and teachers
for tea as they prepare for the
school's silver jubilee to be celebrated next Saturday.
On the marketing of tea, President Moi said the Government
was at the moment trying to find
out why farmers got low bonuses
from the sale of proccessed tea.
The President said it was usfortunate to find that some tea
farmers in the
country had
boycotted the pickin of their
tea, andofficials
blaMed
in the.
Ministry of Agriculture for not
explaimng to the farmers the
crucial issue regarding the difference in price for the two categories of tea.
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politics based on selfish interests.
The President called on all
educated people toenlighten
wananchi who may not know
about certain things. He added
that for education to be
meaningful, knowledge had to
be passed on to benefit others.
President Moi told youth that
they will be required to have
similar resnonsibdity to wanandii after their education.
The President noted that the
country had made tremendous
progress in the field of education
and thus called on wananchi to
be natriotic in the task of nationbuilding.
President Moi said he was
impressed by the sustainedood
nerformance of St. Francis (irls'
t4igh School Mangu, in both
academic and extra curricular
activities.
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He attributed the situation to
and hard work
°°'thediscipline
on
part of students and the
The President added that the
school's Christian foundation
had, xnttributei to its good
Presidànt Moi emphasised the
need tè educate girls and enable
them contribute more in nationbuilding.
He added that women were
bound to play a major role in
srviing the public, noting that
the number of women m our
four universities was almost
eoual to that of men.
President Moi called on the
community to øut up new buildings in old sdiools such as St
Francis Girls' High School Mangu which was established in 1939
primary school.
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During the occasion, the
school presented President Moi
with a donation of Shs 30,000
towards the Presidential Bursary
Fund.
Present were the Minister for
Education, Mr Peter Oloo
Aringo, the Permanent Secretary, Mr Benjamin Kipkulei,
Central Provincial Commissioner, Mr Victor Musoga, Nairobi
Provincial Commissioner, Mr
Fred Waiganjo, the school's
headmistress, Mrs Margaret
.Njoroe and the chairman of the
school s board of governors, Mr
Daniel Kabuthu and other board
members.
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