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    "id": 318352,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/318352/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will be very brief on my observations. Let me start by thanking the Minister for this crucial Bill. It is historic in the sense that it will now start to revitalize the dormant sector. This sector will now be given impetus to be vibrant and reliable. It will create a good number of jobs for the youth in this country. The Government ought to pay the same attention to other agricultural centres in this country. We have allowed the pyrethrum sector to die, a sector that was beneficial to my people in Lari and even in some parts of Rift Valley. The tea sector is also affected because tea hawking is rampant in this area. If adequate attention is not given, it will also die. Lari Constituency is a sukuma wiki and cabbage growing area and the same attention we are giving to the sugar sector should also be directed to this area. It is sad that up to now, this country continues to import sugar from Argentina, Sudan, Egypt and other countries. This is denying the local sector job opportunities and even a chance to improve our economy. We have also allowed unaccustomed or illegal importation of sugar. This has continued to allow poverty to creep into this country. Therefore, this Bill calls for real revitalization of the sector by"
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