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    "id": 1517616,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, the Senate Majority Leader. That is exactly the point. The mischief by the newspaper was a lack of clarity. The clarity is a follows. There is enough cane for West Kenya to mill and support the Kshs24 billion economy in its area. Enough for Butali Sugar to mill and support the Kshs10 billion economy. Enough for Mumias to support Kshs40 billion because Mumias also uses Busia farmers. So they have got a bigger catchment area. Now, to run the ethanol plants, dear Kenyans which is in Mumias, to run Ecogen plant which is in Mumias, you need raw materials. Those raw materials come from the same mill, Mumias Sugar Company. The ethanol plant, which we want Rai of West Kenya to keep off, is that the ethanol plant is in the same compound and the same machine of Mumias Sugar Mills. The power generating plant similarly is in the same. The gate is one; the compound is one. The complex that produces these three things is one. So, it is an administrative nightmare for the receiver manager to imagine that you can bring in two warring companies who are brothers to then have an opportunity to kill each other. We do not want to see Indians killing each other over our machines. We want to see Indians working over our machine. This point is very important. It is not a question of impulse; it is a question that has been subjected to a decision of the High Court. The High Court has found that Rai has no entry point into Mumias Sugar Company because he had claimed that earlier on he had bought the ethanol and the Ecogen plant. So, when challenged in court to demonstrate that he bought, the only thing he could show was an agreement. Now, when challenged further because an agreement can be drafted on computers at River Road, when challenged to support it with the actual payments that he made, he said he paid the money from Dubai. There was no evidence of bank transactions. Therefore, the court ruled that Rai has no demonstrable interest in that company and ordered that Sarbi of Mumias Sugar Company proceed unhindered. The only thing remaining is for the national Government to raise its voice, so that there is peace in Kakamega. Since this programme started around ten days ago, we have had four demonstrations by farmers who are pushing what I am saying. On one occasion, 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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