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    "id": 1609120,
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    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John Mutunga Kanyuithia",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c) to respond to a request for statement by Hon. Onyango K’Oyoo on 12th of March 2025, regarding the position of the leasing programme of the State-owned sugar farms, particularly Muhoroni and Chemelil sugar companies. Hon. Speaker, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has responded as follows, and I will summarise. First of all, the Hon. Member wanted to know the status updates on the position of the leasing programme of the State-owned sugar farms, with reference to Muhoroni and Chemelil sugar companies. The tenders were advertised internationally on the 28th of February 2025. On 4th of March, 2025, the bids were received. Tender closing date was 25th March 2025. Bids were received, evaluated and tenders were awarded. The leasing results were as follows: Muhoroni Sugar Company, which is already under receivership, went to West Valley Sugar Company Limited and Chemelil Sugar Company went to Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Limited. The handover date was 10th of March, 2025. The current status is such that the leasing term is for 30 years as approved by the National Assembly. I have the approval notice or certificate by this House, which is number 039/13/2023. The second issue that the Hon. Member pursued was the criteria used to tender for intended evaluation regarding the leasing programme of Muhoroni and Chemelil sugar companies. The bid evaluation was conducted under regulation 31(1) of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act of 2020. The bidders received were as follows: For Muhoroni Sugar Company, we had two bids: West Valley Sugar Company and Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Limited. For Chemelil Sugar, we had Sukari Sugar Industry Limited and Kibos Sugar and Allied Industries Limited. The evaluation stages were as follows: The first one was mandatory compliance check, where the bidder had to deposit Ksh200 million as security bid. And the certificate of registration was supposed to have been there. The tax registration also needed to be there and compliance certificate. CR12 was also supposed to be submitted and other eligibility The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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