{"id":202401,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/202401/?format=json","text_counter":124,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Muiruri","speaker_title":"The Assistant Minister for Agriculture","speaker":{"id":238,"legal_name":"Patrick Kariuki Muiruri","slug":"patrick-muiruri"},"content":" Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has taken great care of the sugar-cane farmers by, first, reducing the interest rate on the Sugar Development Fund loans from 10 per cent to 5 per cent. The Government has also suspended and written off loans, interest and penalties of the Sugar Development Fund (SDF) to the tune of Kshs4.7 billion."}