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    "id": 1083612,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083612/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "receivership. All these factories have suffered immeasurable interference from the Government because of lack of proper support. I support this Bill, but will bring several amendments at the Committee of the whole House stage, which I believe will create order in the industry. I am happy the proposals in the Bill have captured salient areas that have been ailing the sugar industry for a long time. For example, financing, through the Sugar Development Levy, which died immediately after it took effect from the Kenya Sugar Board. The second issue is research, that would determine the correct sugar value and train the sugar industry workers. This would reinvigorate and streamline imports and exports. I have seen regulation of imports only in the Bill. However, we will ensure that the Sugar Board once reinstated will be in charge of imports and will control imports. Imports must only be done when it is necessary and should not to be the order of the day, so that people who want to go to the Ministry of Agriculture know very well that “the eating house” is through sugar imports. It has also talked about farmers’ representatives which is key. Every industry must have people of interest, who know the head and tail. We also have people who are being imposed on us. In the main sugar factories like Nzoia, Muhoroni and Chemelil, you will find people being appointed who have no idea about sugar growing and milling. They just come there to facilitate the glut of their appointing authorities for importing sugar. This Bill has, therefore, addressed this very well. Everyone knows we are the prolific proponent of zeroing. However, I decided to eat my humble pie because the factories which have been receiving are not operational anymore. If we bring zeroing today, we will hurt the farmer who is our elector. The board that will come and we will vote. We must have a Member from Kisii/Narok, Migori/Homa Bay, Kericho/Nandi, Kisumu/Siaya, Bungoma/Trans-Nzoia, Kakamega/Busia and Kwale to form the Sugar Board. I will talk about the rest in the Committee stage. It is a good Bill and we should guard it selflessly and make sure that at the Committee of the whole House stage, we make relevant amendments that will go a long way to help the industry. Thank you, I support."
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