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    "id": 145695,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/145695/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, for guaranteeing me the ear of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. I was pointing out that in my contribution yesterday, I tried to persuade the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to reconsider his decision to reduce or eliminate the SDL. In the sugar growing areas, this levy is very important because as we speak today, the sugar industry is on its knees. We need every cent to try and develop that sector. The SDL which the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance seeks to eliminate is very critical for the millers and the farmers in this country. Part of the money generated from the SDL is used in the rehabilitation of factories, expansion of roads, research and in cane development. As we speak, the SDL generates at least 20 per cent of the Sugar Board revenue. It generates about 20 per cent of the levy on the imported sugar. The decision to eliminate the SDL in the sugar sector will mean that the temptation will be to import industrial sugar and convert it to table sugar. The risk is that we will kill our sugar industry. I strongly persuade the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to seriously reconsider the reduction on the Sugar Development Levy."
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