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    "id": 208289,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/208289/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Were",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Information and Communications",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 153,
        "legal_name": "David Aoko Were",
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    "content": "I am saying that there is no need of going home because we are tired and we want to go and inspect 3272 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 16, 2007 the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) projects or to go and meet our people. That is our duty. We know very well that, this is a year of election. If we want to stick here, it is up to us. We do not need to be given a chance to go and meet the people. If you want to go and stay there, it is fine. Whether you are given a break or not, you have decided. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I come from Mumias District and we rely on sugar- cane. If you told me to go home and inspect CDF projects or meet the people, there is only one question on their lips; sugar-cane! Whether I inspect one million CDF projects and I do not tell them any good news about sugar-cane, I will be doing nothing. Sugar is our life. In Mumias, Busia and Bungoma districts, that is what we live on. In 2002 when we came to power, the price of sugar per tonne was Kshs2,015. Somewhere along the line, it was found to be uneconomical to pay that amount. So, it was reduced to Kshs1,750 and gradually it has gone to about Kshs2,200. As we speak now, the price per tonne of cane should be Kshs2,750. I would urge that the price of Kshs2,750 which is being paid by West Kenya Sugar Company be applied in all the sugar companies so that the people of Mumias, Nzoia and SONY who rely on sugar cane should earn Kshs2,750 per tonne so that they also enjoy what other people are enjoying. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are not worried about the dissolution of Parliament, it is normal that when we go home, many remain and a few come back. It is going to continue whether we go now or in future. The trend will be the same. So, we are not worried about that. For this particular time and instance, I oppose going for recess."
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