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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Muhoroni, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. James K’oyoo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The second issue I want to speak to is about the reconstitution of the Sugar Board. During the days when the Sugar Board was very active, farmers were doing very good business and they were harnessing their plants and sugarcane business. However, when the Sugar Board was killed, an anonymous body called the Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) came in. It had very little interest in what sugarcane farmers were doing. We have felt the brunt. I support this. I think the Mediation Committee has done very well. They have reintroduced the Sugar Board as per our aspiration and spelt out the zones for this purpose, which initially I was not happy about, but I have seen the rotational basis. I think this will add some value. I will talk about the 50 per cent levy. At the time we had the Sugar Board, some monies were deducted to improve infrastructure or development in various sugar catchment areas. A lot of monies were collected, but with the disbandment of the Sugar Board, they were immediately rerouted to the county governments in the form of cess. I do not know what happens in other areas; I do not come from Nandi, but they are my neighbours. In Kisumu County, all the monies that accrue from this deduction, have not benefitted the farmer. We do not even know how much it is, what it is doing, who is keeping it, and for what purpose. Now that we have an identity, we know that the money is going to go to the Sugar Board; that it will be used for the benefit of the farmer. When the Sugar Board had the money, it assisted companies in buying road construction equipment. A serious company in my constituency…"
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