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    "id": 1123682,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. After that comic relief, we can now get back to serious business. I want to acknowledge the report of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries as presented by the distinguished Senator for Kitui. In doing so, I inform my distinguished colleague from Narok that, in fact, in 2012, the Cabinet and subsequent Parliament waived all debts owed to sugar factories that are public in Kenya. The Cabinet passed it, Hon Njeru Githae, the then Minister for Finance brought a Motion to the House. It was seconded by yours truly and all the debts were waived. Unfortunately, and strangely, after that those debts are still reflecting in the books of accounts of these factories and accumulating more and more interest and making the factories valueless in case they are put up for sale. Mr. Speaker Sir, I encourage Sen. Wambua and his Committee to pay attention and look at the HANSARD of 2012 in the National Assembly. Their Committee should revive the waiver of debts in a legal manner by the Cabinet and Parliament on the sugar factories. That is the only way that anybody or any corporate can be forgiven payment of taxes. No single individual, not even the President, has authority to forgive any individual or corporate tax payment except by Parliament and it was done by Parliament. Mr. Speaker, Sir, last week following the President’s Speech in Wang’uru International Stadium in Kirinyaga, payment of Kshs500million was delivered to Nzoia Sugar Company. We acknowledge and thank him for that. However, that is not enough. In fact, that money is not enough to pay outstanding debts and salary arrears. To put a brand new mill in Nzoia Sugar Company that will start generating sugar and income for farmers requires about Kshs5billion."
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