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    "id": 1488735,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "The Government ought to be a regulator, an enabler and not compete in business. This is because, the structure imposed on them by the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act and other regulations such as the Parastatals Act, makes it completely impossible for them to move with speed and compete with the private sector. In Busia County, our sugarcane factories and our sugarcane farmers are not complaining much because we are run by private sugar companies. Whatever is grown, the uptake is adequate to the extent even the Busia Sugar Company has leased almost several thousands of acres in Sivinga Sub-Location and Mango Sub-Location of Funyula Constituency where they are growing sugarcane on a contract basis. Any process that concludes or brings sanity to the sugar sector is a godsend gift for the people of Funyula Constituency. I do not know how Hon. Wangwe managed to manage the Senators in the mediation process. They are essentially belligerent and they take a hard position devoid of information and stick to it. You tell them: 'if you are not an expert in this area, let the expert guide you'. You must be a very patient person to have shepherded this process to where it is. Probably, I do not have that amount of patience since from a classroom in the University of Nairobi, you only deal with the top-notch students, so you move things fast and it becomes difficult to deal with any slow learners. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am happy that, finally, you resisted the issue of sugarcane zoning. In a liberal economy, let the purchaser, literally have some kind of an arm's-length arrangement that allows them to deal. Providing three factories in a sugarcane catchment area gives latitude to a farmer to choose where to go. Probably, in the fullness of time, we might 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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