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    "id": 252941,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/252941/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 201,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to sum up, I am seeking the support of hon. Members. If the various taxes affecting the sugar industry are removed, we would be able to compete effectively. The Ministry of Agriculture, which is responsible for the sugar companies, has done very little, apart from streamlining the management of the sugar companies, to ensure that by 530 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 19, 2006 2008, when the COMESA safeguard measures come to an end, we are able to produce enough sugar to satisfy the local market. The Ministry has done very little to ensure that the supply constraints that we have in the sugar industry are solved. If by 2008, these supply constraints will not have been addressed, we will have sugar flooding in from COMESA countries, and our sugar industry will collapse. For the last seven years, our country has been importing 200,000 metric tonnes and we are still continuing to import it. We are encouraging the importation of sugar so that some of us who are involved in that trade are able to make money out of it, because the imported sugar is cheaper. In 2003, the Government appointed a commission which came up with very good recommendations, but they have not yet been implemented fully. The Government should have made a firm decision. It is important that since quite a number of people depend on this industry, we must make sure that the supply constraints are addressed now. With those few remarks, I beg to move, and I request hon. Muturi to second the Motion."
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