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    "id": 1490623,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1490623/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 407,
        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "I am pushing this country towards adopting meritocracy. Put someone there because they know what they are talking about and know value addition when it comes to sugar. I wish that we can become like Mauritius. When you go to Mauritius, today, you can buy a lot of different candies and different sugar types. For those who indulge themselves in alcohol, you can get rum out of it. For others who construct low cost housing, you can use some of the sugarcane materials to construct. There is a lot of value addition. Those are the things that we need. We need people from universities that have got the qualification; people who are constantly developing research to support the industry. It is also important, and I like the fact that the representation in the Board will be rotational. I would like to see someone from Narok County sitting on the Board. I would wish that the term limit in the Board would be one year. You see, we subscribe to the Mwongozo principle when it comes to Board formation. Have nine people, not a huge board. We have these five areas; the coastal, southern, lower western, upper western and central. When we set up that Board, ensure that there is a person representing at least each of the catchment areas. If you have someone from Kisii this time around, next time have someone from Migori and then Narok. That way, all our interests will be taken into consideration. I reiterate this issue of taxation. It is an inopportune time to introduce anything to do with taxation. It is very expensive to make ends meet. I hope that if we get it right this time around with the sugar industry, we can now go back and narrow on these authorities. I am particularly interested in this NBA. I want us to discuss and agree on which way we are going as country on GMO. That debate was so live at some point and everybody thought GMO was to be accepted into the country. Of course, some of us do not believe in it and we do not want that. However, to come in and penalise importers is making it very expensive for us to enjoy"
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