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    "id": 1016468,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we shall be demanding for a thorough public participation. We want the farmers to take part in the negotiations and in this deal. We want thorough valuation reports to be tabled before the Committee on Agriculture. We have seen companies like Pan African Paper Mills (Pan-Paper) being bought at a very low value. The people who want to buy the sugar factories are not interested in the plant. They are interested with the non-core assets. Mumias Sugar Company has stadiums, buildings here in Nairobi, land and five schools. Those people are not even interested in that plant that is situated in the factory. It is very important for every stakeholder in western region to be involved in these negotiations. I have seen people who have bided to buy these sugar industries meeting with governors in hotels. Leasing of these factories has nothing to do with individual governors. Leasing of these factories must involve every stakeholder in the western region. We want to see Senators, Members of the National Assembly and MCAs seated there. As Sen. Cheruiyot has suggested, we want a public hearing on this matter. We shall not negotiate about our sugar industries in hotels and in governors’ offices. I want to take this opportunity to assure the people of western region and farmers of Kakamega County that we will stand with them and they will get a good deal out of this."
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