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    "id": 393678,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/393678/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kivuti",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 55,
        "legal_name": "Lenny Maxwell Kivuti",
        "slug": "lenny-kivuti"
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this is the Statement sought by Senator for Kakamega and the answers are as follows:- As to whether the Government is aware that the sugar sector is at risk, given the impending lifting of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) safeguard measures that has been cushioning the Kenyan sugar from cheap imports from COMESA member states, the answer to this issue is that; the Government is aware that COMESA safeguard measures will come to an end on 28th February, 2014. The current extension achieved during the 30th COMESA Council of Ministers meeting held in Lilongwe, Malawi in October, 2011 extended the safeguard measures to lapse on 28th February, 2014. Regarding the question as to what the Government has done to ensure that the locally produced sugar is competitive at the international market, the answer is that the Ministry has instituted measures aimed at improving Kenya’s sugar competitiveness and these measures include:- 1. Implementing the safeguard measures – the Government of Kenya issued a gazette notice in February, 2008 in respect of enlarging the size of quota and tariff rates as directed by the Council of Ministers and at the time of extension, the annual duty free quota in the two years was retained at 340,000 metric tonnes and the above quota tariff retained at 10 per cent until the end of the safeguard period. 2. Privatization of publicly owned mills – the public sector owned sugar companies earmarked for privatization and approved by the Cabinet are: Chemilil Sugar Company, Nzoia Sugar Company, South Nyanza, Muhoroni and Miwani sugar companies. The milestones in the privatization of the sugar companies were:- (i)The Cabinet considered and approved the detailed proposals and approval was in this connection granted for privatization of Chemilil Sugar Company, South Nyanza Sugar Company, Nzoia Sugar Company---"
}