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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I think that I have already covered, in my reply, the issue of the interests of local millers. This is because one of the key issues that I covered in my answer is what we are targeting, as the Government, to make sure that all the ills that have existed in the sugar industry are addressed. The bottom-line is how we can make the Kenyan sugar so good and cheap, such that those who are going to Zambia and the far East will be coming to Kenya to buy Kenyan sugar. That way, we will even encourage the farmers to grow more, so that the demand for Kenyan sugar will be very high. I think that, that covers a few of the points which were raised by my colleagues. Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding the issue of the money which was being borrowed, the fact that I realized that it was being approved to be disbursed by the national Treasury, I do not think that it was money owed by a body somewhere else. Maybe for the benefit of Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, because he was out of the Chamber, if you look at the amounts involved, actually they are substantial. Fortunately, last year, I happened to have been in the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. The question of the monies owed by non-performing companies was raised and we recommended that all those debts be written-off. That was passed by the last Parliament. So, the steps being taken now to improve the sector, means that they are starting from a better position than going to pay bad debts."
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