Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 237265,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/237265/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 249,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 122,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Ayiecho Olweny",
        "slug": "patrick-olweny"
    },
    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have problems with the cost of petroleum products in this country. Everybody, from leaders to citizens have been complaining. But one of the reasons why petroleum products are expensive is heavy taxation. One way of getting out of this is use of gasohol. We are producing alcohol from molasses locally. We have tried to use gasohol to run our vehicles before. At that time, we had only a small factory in Muhoroni. Today, we have a bigger one in Kisumu. So, we have two factories producing alcohol which could be blended with petrol to give us gasohol, which is being successfully used in other sugar-producing countries. Why can we not do the same to help in reducing the cost of fuel for our vehicles? Is that not a point that the Minister and his officers could consider? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, I want to say something on Miwani Sugar Company, which is in my constituency. It has been lying dormant since it went under receivership some time back in the late 1990s. The Minister for Agriculture has given us promises, even this morning. But at the end of the day, he has to liaise with the Minister for Finance. The problem we have there is lack of money. It is heavily indebted. The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) has been revived, as well as Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC). Both these institutions were revived using allocations from the Treasury. Why can the Treasury not help us in the same manner, by reviving Miwani Sugar Company? With those remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
}