{"id":130798,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/130798/?format=json","text_counter":104,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Ms. Karua","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":166,"legal_name":"Martha Wangari Karua","slug":"martha-karua"},"content":"asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) why Sony and Nzoia sugar companies have not refunded the 2 per cent sugar levy to farmers to date and, further, why Nzoia Sugar company failed to remit the 1 per cent levy payable to the Kenya National Sugar-cane Growers Union; and, (b) what he is doing to address the issues raised above and ensure that the Sugar Tribunal operates efficiently to settle such disputes."}