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    "id": 1281161,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia East, TPS",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker; I want to say a few things in not more than three minutes. On the issue of sugar in this country, I am a consumer and I believe consumers are more affected than producers. I was a Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, and we held several meetings with leaders from western Kenya and the Nyanza region. As Hon. Ichung’wah, the Leader of the Majority Party, said, the issue is leadership - the people supposed to be on the frontline fighting for sugarcane farmers and issues affecting their region. It is not just the producers who are affected but all Kenyans across the board. Today, looking at the price of sugar, you will ask yourself if we intervened and the sector was working, would we be buying sugar at the prices? Look at our neighbours’ production vis-à-vis ours, and you will get an answer. Hon. Wangwe, we sat down and brought the leadership of that region together. We agreed on a raft of reforms that ought to have been taken. Today, even as we do this, I think it is piecemeal. We should bring comprehensive amendments that can sort this issue out. We are suffering because all directorates, whether sugar, tea, or coffee are dead. The CEOs and workers are being paid, but they are producing nothing. Research, development, and innovation are dead, and no new crop varieties exist. People are just earning salaries as we continue to import. Look at the coffee and tea we produce; the prices are miserable. It is high 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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