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    "id": 1490002,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, at least I know your status. I want to make a few comments on the amendment to the Sugar Bill because we debated it. There are five issues that we agreed on. One was on the amendment of the sugar zone. We changed it to become sugar catchment area. I want our farmers and stakeholders in the sugar industry to listen to this. Sugar catchment areas was to mean cane management, which means delivery, processing and research. Secondly, it was for purposes of elections of the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) directors. That is why we amended Clause 2, so that instead of calling it sugar zones, we called it sugar catchment areas. We agreed that it was for elections of the board and cane management. On the issue of gender representation, we were guided by the KSB. When we were looking at it, we agreed that we should be guided by Muongozo code of conduct and the basic principle of gender representation within Kenya Sugar Board, including the youth and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). We also introduced Clause 19A where we said a miller shall not purchase sugar crop from or accept sugar delivered by a grower. A grower shall not sell or deliver sugar unless he is registered with it and has a valid supply agreement. This was to ensure reliability and that there is no cane poaching. In sugarcane development, there are factories who would want to buy sugar without giving the resources for the growth and management of that sugar. That there should be an agreement--- Madam Temporary Speaker, I know what Sen. Oketch Gicheru wants to do. Can I just finish on this so that he can put a point of order? A grower is exempted by the KSB. We introduced Clause 19A to cater for the sugar agreement and the issue of delivering sugar to the factory and exemption from Kenya Sugar Board under Clause 19."
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