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    "id": 1284807,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "application, multiplication, and distribution of these varieties across the country need to be supported. Technologies must move from the research station and be applied on the farm for us to have the varieties we need. Since we have many of them, it is important for us to put in money. Reinstatement of the levy is important. I would like to report to the House that we have a Bill that is upcoming and, possibly this evening, that is going to the Committee of the whole House. The Bill specifically reintroduces the levy that will be used to enhance the sugar industry. The other issue that came out was that outgrower institutions are key in production of the cane. Several outgrower institutions consulted us and came out very strongly in terms of their role in bringing farmers together to pass knowledge and for technologies to get to them to enhance production and productivity. Therefore, we needed to have that consideration, especially when it comes to supporting outgrower institutions. I paused to basically analyse how out grower institutions cannot survive in this country. The only source of income for outgrower institutions is membership fees. The membership fees for a farmer usually is very little, like Ksh100 per farmer. Despite the number of farmers that we enlist, it is not possible for these institutions to support themselves by mere use of membership fees. It is important for us to consider supporting outgrower institutions so that they can help in the production and productivity that is needed to support this sector. Hon. Speaker, zoning came up. It was supported by a few and opposed by others. As the joint Committee, we had to decide on this issue. We stuck to the cane supply contract and decided that penalties must be made punitive for those who get into the cane supply contract. The cane supply contract will allow millers to engage farmers at very close range and look for money, especially set aside in the Sugar Development Levy for cane development. They can access that money or guarantee farmers to access that money. It can improve cane development, production, and productivity. In that arrangement, the miller who supports the farmers or cane growers to improve production and productivity should be allowed to harvest their cane. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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