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    "id": 1488723,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1488723/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": "Farmers should be free to contract or not contract and to supply their sugarcane to whomever offers them the best price and at the right time when their sugarcane is ripe. As a matter of fact, this restriction on sales through concepts such as catchment areas has created all this mess. If you think about it, all the successful privately-owned sugar mills in Kenya were started by companies with no nuclear zones and did not have contracts with farmers. They became more successful than state-owned sugar mills. Therefore, we do not need zoning and other things for sugar mills. We just need to give farmers the freedom to grow sugarcane then at the right time they will sell it to millers who offer the best price or those who come on time to harvest. Millers who are contracted should register with the Kenya Sugar Board. Let us support the farmers by giving them a pro-forma contract to sign for transparency. This is what happens in other sectors. 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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