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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Okiya Omtatah",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir for the opportunity to speak to this very important Motion, because as you know, we have two types of barons in the world. We have the sugar and drug barons. Both are areas that control a lot of money. The sugar industry has a lot of money and if well managed and harnessed, it is an area that will greatly benefit the people of Kenya. I am very happy that this Bill has come and I support it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the first issue for me is that it is breaking away from the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA). Putting everything food under one umbrella body was a bad idea. This has seen damage, not just of sugar, but of many other crops that had been put under AFA. For me, the fact that sugar is going to stand alone so that its issues can be addressed as stand-alone issues, is the most important gain we are getting here. Once that separation is done, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on this Bill, but that will come at its own time. I am also happy that the Bill has moved away from the practice where there was zoning, where farmers were sort of harnessed or tied to a miller. The miller then sort of turned farmers into tenants on their own land. We have gone into catchment areas where The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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