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    "id": 539833,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/539833/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wangamati",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13128,
        "legal_name": "Patrick Wangamati",
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    "content": "Thank you for giving me this opportunity. As far as I am concerned, the Government is doing well to withdraw from commercial activities so that Kenyans can take over and manage these projects and industries. I have noticed that there is something wrong with this country which the Government should find out particularly before it goes on privatising these factories. By the time Mumias Sugar Company was privatised for instance it had punished sugarcane farmers to the point that they decided to uproot the sugar cane. They are indebted by the factory. The factory management keeps telling farmers on an annual basis that they have made losses. This one has left me wondering whether we are doing well or the Government must put in extra effort taking into account what is happening in Mumias before we embark on privatisation. The Government wants to move out of factories where it has many shares such as Nzoia Sugar Company where it has 95 per cent shares. The factory has about 10,000 hectares and we want to give it to investors. It means 10,000 hectares are going to be owned by private investors who will use this land to get the factory into more debts and pull out leaving the people at a loss with their land. The local county should be the custodian of this land. In as much as we support this Motion, there should be amendments. First, the land should not be privatised. It should remain in the custody of county governments in trust. This will ensure that the land remains with the people, even if the machines and other infrastructure that the Government has invested in are privatised. Secondly, I propose---"
}