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    "id": 1185848,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1185848/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda SC",
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    "content": "The plight of sugar cane farmers in Mumias, some of whom are my friends, is the same as the plight of the other sugar cane farmers. A policy that will benefit the sugar cane farmers in Kisumu County would also benefit sugar cane farmers in Mumias, West Kenya and Ramisi, Kwale. I say that because we also have clients from Ramisi where we have Kwale International Sugar Company Ltd developing sugar for the benefit of the people. We are defending cases involving the sugar cane farmers and the factories. The entire framework of the policies that we seek to interrogate under Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which is the framework legislation, basically benefits sugar cane farmers. The sugar factories also benefit from a framework of privatization that would ensure that the development of cane is a process that ensures that there is cane for the factory but the sugar cane farmer is also paid in good time. Right now, most cane farmers in Mumias, Miwani and Muhoroni remain unpaid. It takes a long time for them to access money from the factories even after their cane has been harvested. A policy should be in place to ensure that these poor farmers are compensated, they get their money in good time for them to reinvest the money in farming."
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