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    "id": 1440217,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1440217/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Matungu, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Peter Nabulindo",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, aware that commercial sugar-cane production in Kenya was introduced in the early years of Independence with an aim of eliminating dependence on sugar importation and contributing to economic transformation in the sugar belt and the country at large through agriculture; acknowledging that, at its pinnacle, the sugar industry significantly contributed to the country’s GDP and became one of the largest employers which supported livelihoods of many Kenyans both directly and indirectly; concerned that, over the last 25 years, sugar-cane farming particularly in Western Kenya has been declining significantly, thereby dipping sugar production from over 600,000 metric tonnes per year in the 1990s to less than 300,000 metric tonnes in recent years; noting that, the decline in sugar-cane farming has forced local millers to operate far below their milling capacities and pushed the country to over- rely on net importation of sugar, which negatively impacts on the balance of trade; noting that, the decline in sugar production is attributable to factors such as mismanagement, interference and unfair competition from cheap imported sugar; further concerned that, state-owned sugar millers like Mumias Sugar Company and Nzoia Sugar Company ceased milling while owing farmers hundreds of millions of shillings; appreciating that, the Government has been putting in place strategies, policies and regulations to define roles of millers and major players and stakeholders in the sugar industry in a bid to revamp the sector; concerned that, the acute shortage of sugar-cane resulting from mass abandonment of sugar-cane farming continues to 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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