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    "id": 47071,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njuguna Gitau",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to contribute very quickly to this very important report. Let me start by thanking the Chairman of this Committee together with the hon. Members for the very commendable report that they have tabled in this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we note that the Committee was able to visit all the sugar-cane growing areas; Nyanza, Western and Coast regions. Difficulties and challenges have been identified through this report. I would urge the Government to address some of those concerns. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to address myself to the issue of the sugar-cane sector privatization. It is important that we bring in partners to this sector in the way it has been done to the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) and the National Bank of Kenya (NBK). The Government withdrew from these two banks and shares were floated to the public to buy. We can now see the huge profits being declared by these institutions. Therefore, it is important we privatize this sub-sector, so that it is professionally managed in order to realize profit. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kenya needs to be a sugar exporting country. We should not be importing sugar from Sudan, Egypt and other countries. By privatizing this sub-sector, we will be guaranteed job opportunities for our youth in this country. It is, therefore, important that the KSB should also play its role critically by"
}