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    "id": 1086945,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1086945/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bumula, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwambu Mabonga",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13309,
        "legal_name": "Moses Wekesa Mwambu Mabonga",
        "slug": "moses-wekesa-mwambu-mabonga-2"
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    "content": "Secondly, you realise that farmers have been under the mercy of those factories in terms of the pricing of sugar-cane. At times, when there is an outcry, farmers have nowhere to go. So, with the establishment of this board, if it is well established according to this Bill, we are likely to have a body that will be able to speak on behalf of the farmers. This is something very important because the rights of the farmers have been violated for quite some time. So, we are just going back to the original Act that we had before that will salvage the cry of our farmers. Most of the farmers today have sugar-cane in the farms that will last several years in the farm. Once they are harvested, they will last for several years without payment. I have farmers whose children are still at home and they have nowhere to go or take their problems. With the establishment of this kind of body which is responsible to the farmers, we are going to have solutions to problems that our farmers have been experiencing for quite some time. I wish I had more time to contribute to this Bill but, in the interest of time and because many Members wish to say something on this Bill, I want to support it the way it is."
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