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    "id": 542762,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/542762/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion as amended. The land issue is something that is very volatile and as the amendment reads, in this issue of privatisation, consultation was not done fully. You realize that it dates back before the new Constitution and as time goes by, circumstances have changed. When you look at that Report, there is a debt of about Kshs59 billion. When I had a discussion with the respective Departmental Committee, we discussed many issues and the Government was going to write it off. But we asked ourselves questions: If the Government could not modernize the technology, how sure are we that this particular strategic investor is going to modernize? We know very well that the protection under the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is gone. We are going to have competition and of course we are already getting cheap sugar coming into this country."
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