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    "id": 47441,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/47441/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mututho",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Michael Njenga Mututho",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in moving this Motion, I want to state that sugarcane was first introduced in Kenya in 1902 with the first sugar factory being put up at Miwani in 1922 and in 1927 a sugar factory was set up at Ramisi in Coast Province. Immediately after Independence, the Government of Kenya moved to expand sugar production through investment in sugar growing schemes and establishment of new sugar factories. Cases include Muhoroni Sugar Factory which was set up in 1966, Chemelil Sugar Factory in 1968, Mumias Sugar Factory in 1973, Nzoia Sugar Factory in 1978 and South Nyanza Sugar Company (SONY)/Awendo in 1979. Today, Kenya has seven major sugar factories with an average production capacity of between 550,000 and 600,000 tonnes of sugar. The subsector remains one of the few areas where the Government still needs to do very heavy investment. Recent additions to the sugar milling establishments in the private sector include, Kibos Sugar Company and West Kenya Sugar Company. The evaluated worth of the sugar industry is Kshs20 billion annually. However, local production for decades failed to match the estimated domestic demand, which is slightly over 600,000 metric tonnes. That explains why year in, year out we have challenges on imports. I will deal with that later on."
}