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    "id": 393782,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/393782/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "October 10, 2013 SENATE DEBATES 36 Sen. Kajwang",
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    "content": "will eat omena and all other small species. So, you must protect yourself to survive in the sea if you are a small fish. Kenya is a small fish. As a Committee of Parliament, we went to Germany and held talks with the Minister for Foreign Affairs there and he was very excited about the rebuilding of both the East African Community (EAC) and the COMESA as trading blocs. We asked him why they were not buying sugar from Kenya or even the EAC and why they were protecting the beetroot. Production of sugar from beetroot is very expensive. In fact, farmers cannot grow it unless they are heavily subsidised. So, we asked him why they do that when we have sugar that they can buy for use and he told us that he represents a constituency that grows beetroots. He told us that if he left farmers without subsidy, then he would not make it to Parliament. If a European can be so frank to tell you that unless he protects his own, he will lose his seat and yet we do not care in Kenya, what does that mean? In Kenya, we do not care. There is a time when we used to protect our industries to some extent. At that time, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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