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    "id": 240456,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ochilo-Ayacko",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Ochilo George Mbogo Ayacko",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to add to you a background that may not be available to this House. Currently, there is a case in court regarding who chairs the Board. Even at that particular time, there was an issue regarding who chairs the Board. There seems to be a quarrel in that Board that is visiting this House, and if we are to pass this Report without deleting that section, we are going to make that quarrel worse. I believe that the administration of this country is normally given to the President and donated to the Minister, and if the Minister does not use it well, this House deals with him. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, now what needs to be done and what the PIC ought to have done was to recommend to this House an amendment to the Kenya Sugar Act, so that, that amendment would deal with conflict of power between the Minister and the Board. However, in the absence of that amendment, to do a recommendation that suggests that the Minister was involved in criminal activities without evidence is wrong. Even the people who testified before the PIC never alluded to any criminal activities here. If they had alluded to criminal activities, I am sure this side of the House would be happy to crucify the Minister. However, this side of the House is also enjoined to exercise fairness and responsibility when passing our own reports. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, I want to second the amendment that is being proposed by hon. Ojode and I also want to say that, currently, the problems we have are not related to sugar importation. We are experiencing problems that are related to under-capitalisation in this sector. In fact, if the Minister for Finance, in respect of whom this Report is made, was here, we would tell him that we need more investment in this sector. We need a lot of money to be given to Mumias and Busia sugar factories. We need plenty of money to be given to the Nyanza sugar belt which comprises of Chemelil, Muhoroni and the other sugar factories. We also need a tonne of money for SONY. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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