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    "id": 1157587,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1157587/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, research is academic. You will find that in the old sugar research centre, they put up a research centre and fund it from the Sugar Development Levy and they have a director who knows nothing about research. Research is dynamic and continuous. People must innovate and bring new crops and varieties into the sector. We encourage that the Bill allows the Kenya Sugar Research Institute and the Kenya Sugar Board to twin with a university with high capacity for agricultural orientation. In this regard, we can think of Egerton University and JKUAT. These are institutions that ought to have developed serious research capacity that can be contracted to carry out continuing research to improve the sector. Lastly, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because of time, I encourage that the passage of this Bill should bring new joy and a smile on the face of farmers. However, I do not agree with a provision in this Bill that the passage of this Bill will make the new Kenya Sugar Board inherit ongoing cases against the AFA. This retrospective application of the law is, in fact, unconstitutional. Sen. Farhiya, you need to look at that as well in Part V. You cannot say in the transitional clauses that all pending proceedings and claims relating to the sugar industry currently handled by the AFA will be passed on to the Kenya Sugar Board. That is unlawful. In fact, it is unconstitutional. You cannot do so. You cannot take responsibility for something that happened when you were not a legal person and there is no legal person today called Kenya Sugar Board to inherit court proceedings. We should have a provision that transitionally, the AFA will deal with all pending claims, issues and court proceeding until they are determined before they go into extinction. That must be done."
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