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    "id": 521128,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/521128/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "Privatisation should also lead us to an arrangement where we upgrade the technology we are applying in that sub-sector. Some of the technology is so outdated that it is impossible for our farms to compete with producers within the same geo-political zone. We are talking about Uganda and Sudan. The cost of production makes it impossible for our sugar to compete within the same geo-political zone whether we are talking about COMESA or the East African Community (EAC). So, yes, let us go privatisation. Let us bring in private sector expertise, but Government protectionism is a very difficult arena in terms of regional international commerce. We have to be selfish and put in an element that will protect sugar-cane farmers and those companies even as we send them to the hands of private investors. Otherwise, as representatives of sugar- cane farmers, our hearts bleed for our people.May this really be an opportunity for us to start addressing the core factors that have kept this sector on its knees."
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