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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okello",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This issue or Bill that has taken inordinately too long. The Bill stems from a taskforce that was established in the former regime. Our former colleague, Hon Wamunyinyi, brought it forth in the last regime. It died with that regime. My brother, Hon. Wangwe, graciously resurrected it. In the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock where I sit, chaired by my very good friend Dr Mutunga, we have delved into this matter over and over. The matter went to the Senate and it came back. We did what we ought to have done. Again, the mediated version is right here with us. I come from a sugarcane-growing area just like my brothers Hon K’Oyoo and Hon Melly. We have really suffered. Many people have had to uproot sugarcane from their farms just because of the pitfalls that exist within this industry. We acknowledge the problems government-owned sugar mills have gone through. Some of the employees plugged into these companies have had to wait for over three years to be paid salaries. Farmers have had to wait for too long to have their monies channelled to them. Both former and current government regimes have also intervened quite a lot by expending some monies to cushion farmers and, additionally, help employees. However, these have been patch-up measures. We believe that the Bill, as mediated, will address the many pitfalls that have existed within the sugar industry for way too long. The mediation team has decided that we come up with catchment areas so that companies do not just come up without 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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