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    "id": 1338637,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Migori, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Fatuma Mohammed",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion. I also thank Hon. Salasya for bringing it. I come from Migori County where Sony Sugar is based. We grow a lot of sugarcane in my county. It is very disappointing that Sony Sugar Company has been falling from time to time. Since my birth, this company has been struggling to survive. I am sorry to say this but every regime has been the main sugar cartel. No cartel can do sugar business without the involvement of top corrupt Government officials. This is why we are suffering. Sony Sugar will import and sell sugar packed in Sony Sugar bags. Sugarcane farmers are struggling. Their sugarcane is in farms, they have loans and are not being paid. Sometimes they cut their sugarcane and it is not bought yet the Government that is supposed to help and protect them is using cartels to make these factories fall. I appreciate that the President wrote off loans owed by sugar companies. But my question is, what next? I understand that the Government is planning to lease sugar companies. Who is the investor in the Sony Sugar Company? Are they going to buy our sugarcane from our farms or are they going to import billions of sugar tonnes and package them using the company’s logo? This is unfortunate. If this Government is honest, it should be open about everything. It could be the same big fish in the Government who are going to lease the factories and then import 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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