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    "id": 247702,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kembi-Gitura",
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        "legal_name": "James Kembi Gitura",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure that the hon. Member who has asked this Question has also read the Sugar Act, 2001 and that he understands that the Government will not initiate new sugar factories or mills. The stakeholders will have to make an application through the Sugar Board for a licence to operate a sugar mill. The hon. Member knows very well that no such application has been made but that the Government, on its own volition, has been trying to seek private investors to invest in that area. At this juncture, let me mention that Trans Mara Sugar Company and Keyan Company have made applications for sugar production in the same zone. We have not received any application from Nyangweta Sugar growing society because at the moment there is no mill. Once we do that, it will be considered favourably because it is the intention of this Government to assist the farmers as much as possible. As I said earlier, it is only by the economy growing that people will benefit. We cannot develop if we want to flout existing laws and we are not making any effort to follow them. Instead, we choose to place the blame on the Government."
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