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    "id": 319113,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kombo",
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        "legal_name": "Musikari Nazi Kombo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have a good neighbour here who was also fighting that I get the opportunity. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to support the Bill. In so doing, I want to make a few remarks in certain areas. I want to touch on the section that is dealing with privatization in particular. The law on privatization and even the Sugar Act came into being before the devolved systems of Government. We now are going to a new Order where we will have county governments. When you think about privatization of sugar industries, we are actually talking about major assets of one county or another. So, I would like to say that, as we finalize with this Bill, that privatization is not allowed to come into effect under this order until the devolved systems are in place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you take a place like the County of Bungoma, where Nzoia Sugar Factory is situated, the land under the nucleus estate was actually land that belonged to individuals. It is huge tracks of land that was taken away with very little compensation. It is an asset that is very dear to the citizens of that county. Therefore to rush in privatization and not take into account the involvement of the new order of the county government, I think it will be giving the people of those counties a raw deal. It is only through the county governments, that the citizens of those areas can fully participate. In fact, we were saying that under the old order, we were suggesting that, at least, 30 per cent be reserved for the farmers. I would like to say that 30 per cent be reserved for farmers and also a portion be given to the county governments because it is a major asset."
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