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    "id": 1114062,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "I will just go straight to the point of what Hon. Oundo just indicated. I want to ask the Chair that we do a further amendment stating that a miller should not be allowed to import. I come from a sugar-cane growing area. I know of a number of millers who just build very small factories. They will pick about 600 tonnes of sugar-cane only. Their business is to import sugar. At the end of the day… I think you saw something that went viral in the media a few weeks ago. It was actually in my constituency. There was a fleet of tractors queuing along the road. The miller was picking 150 tonnes of sugar-cane per day! Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, Chemilil Sugar Company used to get 4,000 tonnes per day. Now, an individual says he is a miller and yet he only takes 150 tonnes of sugar-cane per day. Another one takes 400 tonnes of sugar-cane per day then he says he controls 40 per cent of the market! How? So, in this case, we must stop the miller from importing and have somebody else to do so. If we allow millers to import, they will stop the business of manufacturing and now engage in what Hon. Kioni was saying, that is, import cheap sugar. So, I ask that the Committee Chair to look into this and then we can tighten the loopholes in order to save the farmer."
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