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    "id": 1003615,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1003615/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo- Ayacko",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to seek a Statement from the Committee on Budget and Finance regarding the interventions by the Government towards rescuing public-owned sugar mills. In that Statement, I would like the Committee to state- (1) How much has been set aside to pay the employees of Sony Sugar Company (SSC) who have not earned their salaries and allowances from March last year to date, the statutory deductions and any benefits that these employees are entitled to? (2) State when and how much has been set aside to pay farmers who have supplied sugarcane to Sony Sugar Company and have not been paid from March last year to date. Those farmers continue to suffer and they need that pay urgently. (3) State how much has been set aside to pay other suppliers who have not been paid since March last year. All these payments have not been made to the employees, farmers and other suppliers since March last year. It would be important for the Committee to give us the exact figure in terms of what the Government has set aside to pay these people. (4) State the sort of fiscal budgetary interventions that have been put in place to rescue these public-owned mills. How much has the Government set aside to ensure that the operations, maintenance and continued running of these public-owned mills go on? How much has the Government set aside so that they do not grind to a halt? Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker."
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