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    "id": 1083614,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1083614/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mumias East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Benjamin Washiali",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, allow me to thank Hon. Wamunyinyi who has come up with this Bill. It is about reinstating the Sugar Act. I was in this House when we had the older Sugar Act, and the Crops Act, which introduced AFA and the Sugar Directorate, which has put us where we are today. Kenya is an agricultural country. There is usually an argument that Kenya should not have sugar because people who should have gone back to their farms are instead importing sugar. In fact, that is why we have a lot of sugar in our market that is not produced in this country! That argument, for me, does not hold water because before the Kenyan sugar hits the supermarket or the table, for that matter, it has paid a farmer, an employee, and the management in the sugar sector. Therefore, you can see the number of benefits that the local industry will give to this country. This Bill is re-introducing the Sugar Act. Under Clause 4, there are several functions to help the industry, for instance, in Clause 4(1)(a), it provides to regulate, develop, and promote the sugar industry. Honestly speaking, it is important that we develop the sugar industry for the sake of farmers who stand to benefit a lot if this industry is developed. On matters regulations, that is one area that I would insist that the sponsor of this Bill should look into. We have had big problems with the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in terms of the regulations that 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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