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    "id": 1109783,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1109783/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silas Tiren",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2364,
        "legal_name": "Silas Kipkoech Tiren",
        "slug": "silas-kipkoech-tiren"
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    "content": " Thank you. I beg to propose amendments to clause 27 as per the Order Paper:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 27 and substituting therefor the following new clause— Safeguard measures. 27. (1) The Board shall ensure, subject to such regional and international trade agreements to which Kenya is a party, that all sugar imports into the country are subject to all the prevailing import duties, taxes and other tariffs. (2) Despite subsection (1), the Board shall ensure that— (a) sugar shall be imported in the country only when there is sugar deficit on a quarterly basis and for a specific tonnage; and, (b) importers report to the Board on their imports, sales and stock on daily basis. (3) The Government shall introduce other safeguard measures as may be necessary to protect the industry from unfair trade practices. (4) A person who contravenes the provision of this section commits an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding three times the domestic value of the sugar in respect of which the offence is committed, or two million shillings, whichever is the higher, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, or to both The justification for the amendment is that it seeks to limit imports to when it is necessary only, upon the approval by the Board."
}