{"id":1279546,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1279546/?format=json","text_counter":603,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Seme, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity. I rise to support this, Bill. Sugarcane is an important commodity for the development of our country. Our policy is self-sufficiency, and we have the capacity to export. Look at where we are now; we are importing at a very high cost, yet we can produce this. Our policy is to sit as an agent of employment but look at what is happening in those sugar-growing areas. The young men who were happily employed are now unemployed, and 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."}