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    "id": 1489986,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wafula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 348,
        "legal_name": "Davis Wafula Nakitare",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, another matter that was of concern was the choice of a professional on the Board. We agreed as a team and the mediation that the Cabinet Secretary will get a professional in sugarcane development technology with not less than 10 years in a recognized institution in the Republic of Kenya. This is a person with the technical know how, experience and deep research to inform the Board on the changing dynamics in the sugar sector. These are among the many things that the farmer in the Republic of Kenya was looking out to ensure that they do not miss out in this new dispensation. Madam Temporary Speaker, there is something else that I was about to forget. In this amendment we have put it that- “A miller shall not purchase crop from or accept sugar crop delivered by a grower and a grower shall not sell or deliver sugar crop to a miller unless: (1) A grower is registered with and has enforced a valid supply agreement with a miller. (2) Factory of the miller is situated within the grower's sugarcane zone. (3) The grower is exempted from the requirement by the Board under section 19A.” Madam Temporary Speaker, these are some of the regulations that we have put in place to ensure that the miller and the grower do not overstep and everyone runs within his line to ensure that both parties benefit out of this agreement. Further, there is a provision here that if a factory is not able to mill, it can get into an agreement with another miller to ensure that the agreement it has with the farmer is in cognizant and within the premise of the agreement where the farmer does not suffer any loss. As I conclude, this is a new chapter for the Republic of Kenya; the farmer in Western, Nyanza, Kisii, Mombasa et cetera . This time the sugarcane farmer will benefit out of his sweat. The manufacturers will earn profit out of their hard work and the country will get taxes out of this process. Finally, we agreed that industrial sugar cannot be imported for free. They have to pay taxes like any other commodity in the Republic of Kenya, so that the sugar sector does not continue being run by cartels hiding under the disguise of industrial sugar. I beg to move and call upon my senior brother, my Alumni of Musingu High School, daktar i himself, the only bullfighter in the House to second."
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