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    "id": 1264009,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1264009/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungu, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Nabulindo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notices of the following Motions: THAT, aware that commercial sugar-cane production in Kenya was introduced in the early years after Independence with an aim of eliminating dependence on sugar importation and contributing to economic transformation in the sugar belt and the country at large through agriculture; acknowledging that at its pinnacle, the sugar industry significantly contributed to the country’s national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and became one of the largest employers which supported the livelihoods of many Kenyans, both directly and indirectly; concerned that over the last 25 years sugar-cane farming, particularly in western Kenya, has been declining significantly thereby dipping sugar production from over 600,000 metric tonnes per year in the 1990s to less than 300,000 metric tonnes in recent years; noting that the decline in sugar-cane farming has forced local millers to operate far below their milling capacities and pushed the country The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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