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\ ) 'ç Expiain t nrices to far ers Moi *7V . w___ww 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. ___________________ The President noted that tea farmers should Kenya NOM AøencY 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 I 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. . 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. . 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. as a 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. Pd.t M01