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    "id": 1488730,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Endebess, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose",
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    "content": "From the outset, I thank Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe, Member for Navakholo, together with his team, for spending time and agreeing with the Senate Committee so that we can move forward with this Bill which has taken a lot of time and keen interest, especially when it came to issues about zoning. Initially, many farmers were feeling that they were going to be disadvantaged when they are put in certain zones yet when they are planting sugarcane, they use their own resources. They expect to get profit out of it and if they are limited to a certain zone where the conditions are not favourable, whether in collection or pricing of the sugarcane, that can disadvantage many farmers. We have seen sugarcane growers in Endebess experience challenges with weight of the sugarcane. You find that weight at the weigh bridge is not the same as that of the weight at the factory hence losses. As a result, farmers complain and they end up being discouraged from continuing to grow sugarcane. We would like to have an honest factory, a factory that will give a price for what you have planted and for the efforts that you have put in. The issue of being put into a zone is that you can be allocated within three factories. This is for purposes of elections of officials so that the leadership can be alternated between counties, which is progress. 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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