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    "id": 1399290,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1399290/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sifuna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13599,
        "legal_name": "Sifuna Edwin Watenya",
        "slug": "sifuna-edwin-watenya"
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    "content": "is a lot of employment that is created in the agricultural sector. In places such as Homa Bay, I have seen many contracted farmers growing sorghum. There is also the spectre of employment being lost in the manufacturing itself, including at East African Breweries Limited (EABL). Last year, for the first time in many years, a company as big as EABL declared some redundancies and some job losses, which is something that we are staring at. For as long as they are not making the sort of sales that they used to, we are going to have a problem. Then there is work that is in the distribution network and the service industry. Many suffered during the time when pubs were closed in Nairobi during Covid-19 pandemic. We speak to those people. They are a good source of employment. Looking at the provisions of the Bill at Section 23, we spoke about this need for import permits at Section 23 of the Bill, we think those of us in Nairobi that the Government should be able to control the importation of industrial white sugar, because at the end of the day, you need an import permit for you to be able to import this sugar. I want to read Section 23, subsection 3-"
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