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    "id": 1563697,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to also weigh in on the Statement by Sen. Omtatah regarding leasing of sugar companies and privatization. This is a weighty matter, particularly for people from western region where I come from. People are concerned about the plan to lease Nzoia Sugar Company particularly. We did not have adequate stakeholder engagement and also public participation. The process was done opaquely. Even if the Government has good intentions on doing something, can they involve the people and leaders of that region, instead of just waking up and saying they want to lease Nzoia Sugar Company? This Statement is an eye-opener. I want to urge the committee where it will be directed, to handle it with speed, so that our people get justice because the speed at which the whole process is being undertaken is sending a lot of negative signals to our people. On the second issue of privatization, I am among the people who believe that privatization is not the solution to the problem we are having in the sugar industry. Mumias Sugar Company was doing well before privatization. When we used to have a management agency called Booker Tate, they were doing so well. The problems started increasing upon privatization of Mumias Sugar Company, where the management could not listen to anyone. We had the former Managing Director (MD) who was also a governor somewhere. I do not want to mention the name. He used to come here and even refused to talk to committees because the company was privatized. That is how the company started going down. 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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