{"id":1157531,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1157531/?format=json","text_counter":279,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Farhiya","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13179,"legal_name":"Farhiya Ali Haji","slug":"farhiya-ali-haji"},"content":"These problems include non-payment of sugar farmers by sugar companies; increased cost of sugar production; declining acreage under sugarcane; lack of markets for the sugar; failure to control import and export of the sugar; poor management of sugar companies; and, lack of research and development initiatives. With all these challenges, you can understand why the sugar sector is facing many challenges."}