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    "id": 1086928,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1086928/?format=api",
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    "speaker_name": "Ndhiwa, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martin Owino",
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        "legal_name": "Martin Peters Owino",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, I thank Hon. Wamunyinyi and the entire Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock led by Hon. Silas Tiren and the Vice-Chair Hon. Waruguru. I come from a sugar-cane- growing area and we have a huge problem where children are not going to school because of lack of income. Poverty is high and education has dropped. This is because when cotton collapsed, the only cash crop that remained was sugar-cane. This Bill, the Committee has looked at it at a greater length. We will be submitting some amendments at the Committee of the whole House. It does a lot of good to the farmer. In fact, I can say with boldness that farmers are back in this format: First, the board which is going to be created will have more farmers in it than anybody else. Five of them will be on that board. When you talk of shares and when we go private with the millers as per the Sugar Report, we will have 51 per cent of the shares owned by farmers. The millers will also have their own boards where farmers will be represented, and we are suggesting 51 per cent. So, we have given farmers back a say in this industry. A contract has been placed here. 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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