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"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is essential for us to pass this new Bill to strengthen the sector because Kenya is behind the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African Countries (COEMSA) in its development. We have had to seek the understanding of the COMESA partners for us not to move into the sector as we are required by the COMESA agreement. We have been given two more years and one has already elapsed. It will be remembered that we should have dealt with this matter a little earlier, but we did not have a Privatization Commission. There were some problems between a Parliamentary Committee and Treasury. I think that has now come to pass and we are ready to move forward to try and make this sector more responsive to the needs of farmers and Kenyans. There is absolutely no reason why Kenya should not be a major sugar exporter. As far as I know, we still have a quota within the European Union (EU) to export sugar, but alas, as a country, we are not even able to provide for ourselves. So, this is a beginning for us to try and get the sector moving by putting in place the enabling legislation to allow the sector to operate independently."
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