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    "id": 1086910,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1086910/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "they are milling but, in the real sense, they are not doing much but are re-packaging imported sugar. The Bill, therefore, ensures the establishment of such kind of mills is not allowed. This Bill also looks into the establishment of contract agreements especially in Schedule II where we are introducing contract farming. Every farmer within a particular region can enter into an agreement with a miller or an institution and is supposed to give a particular price to the farmer. Currently, our farmers are in serious problems. They have grown the crop which can be in the farms for 30 to 40 months and no one harvests it. In this particular Bill, Schedule II establishes how we can have contracts between the farmers, outgrower institutions and the millers. It will, therefore, enable the farmer’s rights not to be trampled upon. Sugar-cane pricing has been a problem. Farmers in this country have been at the mercy of the millers. Millers do not do much because theirs is to only have cane from the farms. The farmer uses his fertiliser, transports his cane from the farm and is given a price that is dictated by the miller. However, with the establishment of the pricing committee, the farmers will have their rights. It is a very important Bill and I urge the House to pass it. If there are issues, they can be sorted out. It is the best thing that this House can give to the farmers of this country. I support."
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