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    "id": 1133916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyango Oyoo",
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        "legal_name": "James Onyango Oyoo",
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    "content": "He talked about agriculture. I want to dwell on this because it is dear to my heart. He mentioned the gains registered in the tea industry and other agricultural sectors. On the sugar industry, he talked about the consideration that he gave during Madaraka Day to the sugarcane farmers. I want to thank him for coming up with these incentives. I had an opportunity to visit him at State House when I escorted school girls to go and collect a bus that he gave out of his heart. Once more, I thank him. During that occasion, I had an opportunity to petition him. One of the issues that I articulated, was the wish that my two sugar industries be injected with little funds to keep the smoke billowing until when the grand programme of leasing will take place. This was done and I thank him. Unfortunately, as I am talking on the Floor of this House, the farmers have not received debt concentration. My worry is that the concentration was about Ksh1.5 billion. Nzoia Factory has already received Ksh0.5 billion, meaning that there is one billion remaining for Chemelil, Muhoroni and South Nyanza Sugar companies. So, it means that they are likely to get below Ksh0.5 billion which has already been given to Nzoia. So, I want the Minister to think outside the box and ensure that he does not bring disorder or chaos to the sugar industry by giving Nzoia more money than Muhoroni, Chemelil and Sony sugar factories. If that will be done, it will do little work. That money is a drop in the ocean. While this is being done, I want to urge the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture to take containment measures that will mitigate against careless sugar imports to the country. It will be pointless to give Muhoroni Ksh250 0r 300 or 500 million and then tomorrow we have influx of contraband sugar from Brazil. That will make the prices to drop or make the industries untenable. So, the first big challenge we have in the sugar industry is the careless influx of imported sugar. Whatever considerations you give to farmers, unless you take time to stop this the careless exercise of importation, we will not head anywhere. Lastly, I was happy because the President gave us the impression of how the country has economically spanned in the last two years. So, those who are not mischievous know why the country has grown economically. There has been peace and tranquillity. I want to thank the Rt. Hon. Former Prime Minister for being brave to shake hands with his brother, His Excellency the President."
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