{"id":1157530,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1157530/?format=json","text_counter":278,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Farhiya","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13179,"legal_name":"Farhiya Ali Haji","slug":"farhiya-ali-haji"},"content":"As Hon. Senators are aware, the sugar sector is one of the most important agricultural sectors in Western, Nyanza and Coastal provinces. The status and importance of sugar as a source of livelihood and viable economic concern has been under threat from the various changes and factors in the sugar industry and the country as a whole. Since 2013, ineffective stewardship of the sugar industry by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) has contributed to a number of problems."}