{"id":1185939,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1185939/?format=json","text_counter":184,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cheruiyot","speaker_title":"The Senate Majority Leader","speaker":{"id":13165,"legal_name":"Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot","slug":"aaron-cheruiyot"},"content":"No, do not call my farmers lazy. They are very hardworking. I was in Kilgoris three weeks ago. I know a lot about this sector because I am an investor in the sugar industry. I was in Sen. Olekina’s county. Kilgoris would become a ghost town if he dares encourage his farmers to move away from sugarcane farming. They rely on it 100 percent. That town revolves around sugar. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I look forward to Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, inviting us and forming a sugarcane caucus of Senators representing those counties. All of us can sit down and expedite the Bill so that our farmers can enjoy."}