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    "id": 431189,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/431189/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Opiyo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1174,
        "legal_name": "Jared Odhiambo Opiyo",
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    "content": "Yes, I am seeking clarifications. First of all, the answers that we have been given here, to me, look too general. For example, what they are saying about what the Government is doing to ensure that no illegal imports come into the country. To me, they look like proposals of what they want to do and not the actual things that they are doing. I want to ask the Chair to categorically state whether what he has given us as some of the measures the Government is undertaking to ensure that there is no illegal sugar coming into the country are actually what they are doing or what they propose to do in future. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the last part of the Statement that I sought has not been answered. The last question which was number “e” in my Statement was:- What is the Government doing to address the anomaly by way of intervention to cushion the innocent farmers and the local industry from the adverse effects of the illegal importation? That is because we already have the sugar in the country and, from very reliable sources, if nothing is done urgently by way of intervention, the sugar industry is going to close down in two months. So, hon. Deputy Speaker, I want the Chair to actually clarify to us that part of the question. Lastly, I want to ask the Chairman to clarify to us here how supermarkets in this country like Nakumatt, Naivas and Tuskys have their own sugar. If you go to Nakumatt, sometimes, you will buy Nakumatt Blue Sugar. How? In which premises do they manufacture that sugar in this country? Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker."
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