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    "id": 1488629,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I second the adoption of the mediated version of the Sugar Bill, which has taken a bit of time to be discussed across the country. This Bill is a derivative of a very intensive process of consultations. Consultations occurred at three levels. The first level was the generation of the task force's Report. The Sugar Task Force did its work and presented a report to the immediate former President of the Republic. The Report was adopted, and the Task Force was mandated to implement it. The second level of consultations was when we went round to every factory and most of the sugarcane-growing areas. We consulted with farmers, politicians, millers and everyone else to hear their views on the kind of legislation they would like for the industry to be better managed. This aspect brought in a lot of useful information. The last level of consultation was the sugar conference held in Kakamega. At the conference, the task force Report was thoroughly examined. Quite a bit of Task Force Report informed the Bill as it is. The mediated version of the Bill has been immensely informed by that background as well as by individual Members from the sugarcane-growing areas. There are key aspects of the Bill worth mentioning as I second. The first one is that the Bill will revitalise the sugar industry, ensure that farmers get resources for cane development, and revitalise the Sugar Research and Training Institute, delinking it from KALRO and giving it resources from the Sugar Development Levy. This money will enable the institute to research sugar. The other key aspect of the Bill is that money from the Sugar Development Levy will be carefully shared. Money for the Board has been set at 15 per cent. There will be money for research, cane development and road development in the areas where sugarcane is grown. This was a contentious issue that forced the Senate and the National Assembly to mediate. We agreed that this money should be domiciled at the Kenya Sugar Board and will be utilised in 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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