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    "id": 1370757,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1370757/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I join the rest of our colleagues in wishing all of us well during the recess. I want to make two points. The first one is that we are very happy as the farmers of Kakamega, Western Province and Western Kenya, with the steps that the Government is taking in stabilizing the sugar industry and the sugar cane planting adventure. I urge colleagues to join us, the Senators from the sugarcane belt. We wish to promote the principle of shared prosperity. Every time there is a deficit in the sugar that is produced locally, the National Treasury normally opens up for imported sugar. We want this shared prosperity to be applied this way. We amend the law so that 50 per cent of imported sugar is imported by out-growers farmers organizations like Mumias Sugar Company, Sony Sugar, Muhoroni Sugar Company, Butali Sugar Company, Chemilil Sugar Company, West Kenya Sugar Company, Miwani Sugar Company and even the new Rift Valley factory. This will open way for shared responsibility. My final point is that even as we celebrate, this week, we have gone into mourning in our community because of two great leaders. The first one, I mentioned him here, the late Hon. Sifuna. However, the second one is a ‘small’ man, but a ‘big’ man from Muranda Village of Itenyi in Shinyalu. A great man has gone to rest; Julius Alekwa"
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