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    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "talking about the reports coming in another three or four years. We will encourage those people that are stealing from these funds that they know they have two to three years to create a defence. I am saying this because we know the sugar industry has been subjected to a lot of abuse. In fact, I would tell a story of one of my neighbours. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will not name the names now but I can tell you when we are together alone. One of my neighbours a number of years back was trying to sell his land. In fact he was saying that he could not afford to maintain his five acre piece of land. Then he got recruited into one of those sugar boards in a good capacity. I can tell you within a year he had bought off all the neighbours. I think I am the only one who remained. Clearly we could tell this money was not from his salary. When this is happening the farmers are suffering. So, it is important that we hasten the process of getting our audited reports so that we can deal with that and take care of our poor farmers. Finally, I would like to ask the Committee to also interrogate, in the process of audit, the fairness in the distribution of these funds. For example, when you talk about coffee, a lot of times people think of central Kenya. We have coffee even in lower eastern. It is important to check how this Fund is spent. Is it being fairly distributed? Are people from across the country benefiting from this Fund or was it just being given to one side? That is all part of audit that you have to deal with. With those few remarks, I support the Report of the Committee."
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