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    "id": 1012644,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Motion especially for Western Kenya, which is the most affected region in this particular matter. The Committee on Implementation was seized of the Report by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on the Crisis Facing the Sugar Industry in Kenya after it had been adopted by the House on 24th February, 2016, and resolved to appraise itself on the implementation status of the recommendations contained in the Report. This Report covers the findings of the Committee on Implementation on the Status of the Report on the Petition on Inquiry into the Crisis Facing the Sugar Industry in Kenya. Pursuant to Standing Order No.201, the Committee on Implementation resolved to consider the implementation status of the recommendations contained in the aforesaid Report. During its scrutiny of the adopted Report, the Committee not only invited relevant stakeholders to make submissions, both oral and written, but conducted site visits to ascertain the implementation status. The Committee invited the Cabinet Secretaries for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the National Treasury and Planning, the Commissioner-General of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the Director of Kenya Bureau of Standards, the interim Head of the Sugar Directorate and the acting CEO of Mumias Sugar Company, on various dates to appraise it on the implementation of the recommendations which fall under their purview. The Committee also met with the acting Managing Director of SONY Sugar Company, the Chairperson of Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries, the Director of Kwale International Sugar Company, the Managing Directors of West Kenya Sugar Company, Sukari Industries Limited, Butali Sugar Mills Limited and Dantes Peak Limited. The Committee also met the acting Managing Director of Chemelil Sugar Company Limited, the receiver managers of Muhoroni and Miwani Sugar Companies and farmers’ representatives at Mumias, Chemelil, Miwani and Muhoroni sugar factories. The Committee also wrote to other Government agencies like the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and received submissions from them all. The Committee resolved to visit various sugar factories in Western Kenya to establish the implementation status of the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. During the visit held from 26th to 29th September 2018, the Committee held meetings with various stakeholders from the region. Even as the Committee undertook the exercise, the country underwent a crisis in the sugar industry which was about the contaminated sugar. Every Kenyan knows what happened. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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