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    "id": 1025628,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1025628/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kabondo Kasipul, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Eve Obara",
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        "legal_name": "Eve Akinyi Obara",
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    "content": "sugarcane. It is sad to see that almost all factories have stalled in the sugarcane growing area. The discussion that has been in the country about the sugar industry has been a very sad state of affair. So, when we look at a report that has Kshs7.8 billion in terms of money that is owed or nonperforming loans, it worries some of us who are actually here or went to school because of the same sugarcane. My question has always been: Are these figures real? When I look at the budget that we were presented with, that is, from 2015/2016 up to 2016/2017, I am almost certain that it is a carry-over from many years. These are the figures that we have been repeatedly presenting every year. We really need proper audit of these figures. Sorry to say this but as a country, we have had instances where there are what you call ghost accounts and when you write off from these ghost accounts, you know what happens. So, I agree with my friend and colleague who said that you find somebody buying tracks of land and you wonder where this came from. In Government this is what could possibly be happening. So, I too would wish that we really get to the bottom of this. I am sure, because I come from that area, that many of the farmers have probably died because of poverty and money that has stuck in these factories that they have never been paid. Even as we talk about loans that they have not paid, they, themselves have never been paid for their deliveries, including my mother who is still alive. So, I too support the recommendation that the loans be written off, just like in other commodities that this has been done, so that we can start again afresh when these factories are revived, as it looks like it is going to be the case. I thank you very much. I support."
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