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    "id": 403689,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Dr.) Machage mentioned something about the COMESA, the sugar industry and why bringing in of cheap sugar has affected our sugar industry here. I wanted to say respectfully that I have a different view. I think our problems in the sugar industry stem from other factors, including our methods of production which make our sugar very expensive. In fact, on the contrary, for more than twelve years now, we have been imposing safeguard measures which have been aimed at protecting our sugar industry from imports, and that has still not worked. If it is possible that sugar can come all the way from Brazil, enter Kenya and become cheaper than sugar produced locally, then it means that the problems are elsewhere and they are not in the dumping of foreign sugar. The problems may stem from our methods of production. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, having said that, I want to support fully the financing of sugar, other crops and agriculture as a whole; and livestock production so that we can turn around the economy of our country. The only way we can spur the growth of that sector is by making credit affordable. The surest way of making credit affordable is by the Government taking leadership in cushioning farmers, especially small scale farmers, from adverse effects of high interest rates. For all those reasons, I beg to support this Motion."
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