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    "id": 1282240,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1282240/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dagoretti South, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Kiarie",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, I was concluding when I was interrupted. As we look into reforming the entire sugar industry, it shall not be lost to us that there are perennial offenders who have got us into the problems we are in today. There are historical governance improprieties. We know individuals who pilfered and shut down entire sugar factories but they still walk scot-free. In fact, they run for high public offices. As we discuss this Sugar Bill, we need to re-visit the governance improprieties of the past so that the culprits can be prosecuted in accordance with the law. Sugar has its ups and downs. As consumers, especially those of us in the cities, have seen the effects of excessive use of sugar. As we establish the proposed sugar research institute, may it have a segment within it to inform members of the public on the effects of over- processed sugar, including the health problems that come with it. Hon. (Dr) Nyikal is in the House. He can tell us that the morphology of human beings today in Kenya has totally changed because of what we consume. As we seek for the good and benefits for farmers, those of us who live in cities, consuming a lot of sugar, might need to be informed about the ills of over-consumption of refined sugar. We might even want to re-visit the whole idea of depending on granulated sugar rather than over-processed bleached white sugar that has very negative effects on people’s health."
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