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    "id": 1284811,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1284811/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sigowet/Soin, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Justice Kemei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity you have given me so that I can also add my voice to the Memorandum from the National Treasury. From the outset, let me say that I have been in the sugar industry for a reasonably long time. When we made visits to the sugar factories in Western Kenya and parts of the Coast region, the mills that we used to consider as economic hubs are a pale shadow of themselves. From the outset, I must mention that cane growing is one of the richest economic activities in the whole world. When you consider all crops, it is macadamia which leads in earnings, followed by avocado, and the third one is sugarcane. However, these riches have not gone to farmers in this country for several reasons. First, processing facilities in our mills in this country have not been good. The efficiency levels are very low; therefore, the cane-to-sugar conversion ratio has been extremely low. While countries like Brazil convert nine tonnes of cane to one tonne of sugar, in this country, we are doing as much as 20 tonnes of cane for one tonne of sugar. That cannot be an economic activity. Secondly, the efficiency in the field is equally very poor. The cane we grow ends up in the mills after three, four, or five days. The sucrose content in that cane has gone down, 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."
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