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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Jared Okello (",
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    "content": "Nyando, ODM): He is perpetuating mischief. As I said, sugar becomes the lowest hanging fruit when it comes to mopping up campaign funds. You will realise that during every electioneering period, the so-called unscrupulous business community will be trooping to Government offices relevant to receipt of importation permits of sugar. And because this will continue for the longest time, we also have to re-orient our sugar business in a way that will thwart the efforts of these sugar barons. Mumias Sugar Company was the pride of Africa. It was not just producing sugar but also ethanol, spirits and selling electricity to the national grid. However, poor leadership led to its dissolution, and we have nothing to write home about it now. The company employed thousands of people directly, not forgetting the indirect beneficiaries who were also in hundreds of thousands if not tens of millions. Mismanagement and lack of political goodwill pushed the company to its knees. What can we do? We acknowledge that there is COMESA rebate when it comes to importation of sugar. The main idea of coming up with COMESA was that when there is a shortage or we have exceeded our locally produced sugar, then there are parameters that could govern sugar importation. We are now crying foul to anybody who can come to our rescue at this point in time. I think Hon. Samuel Atandi took my time and my very able Clerks-at-the-Table never took cognisance of that, but I want to remind them that I still have three more minutes to go."
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