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    "id": 1086890,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1086890/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Malava, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Moses Injendi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Malulu Injendi",
        "slug": "moses-malulu-injendi"
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    "content": "suffering because there is a lot of pollution of the environment, for instance, rivers, air, et cetera . So, when the Board comes into place, it will take care of that. What is also happening currently since the Board does not exist is that the sugar-cane of most of the farmers is not looked after in terms of supply of fertilisers, seedlings and development. Most of those factories are moving to harvest sugar-cane from far areas where they did not put their own investment at cheaper prices. Now, where those factories are, you find that farmers are suffering because they are not getting any support towards sugar-cane farming. When the Kenya Sugar Board was there, farmers were getting some loans that could help them to develop their sugar-cane farms. There is also another reason why I support this Board to be established. We are aware that we are doing our roads using sugar-cane money and the county governments also invest in road maintenance. When the Kenya Sugar Board comes into existence, it may come up with by laws that can help to regulate maintenance of our roads. The other thing that I have seen missing greatly which I would urge Hon. Wamunyinyi to look into is the issue of strengthening the farmers by ensuring that they have their associations strongly anchored in law so that their grievances and problems can be aired to the factories. Otherwise, this is a good move. I support. Thank you."
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