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    "id": 542850,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gaichuhie",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 17,
        "legal_name": "Nelson Ributhi Gaichuhie",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank all the hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion because it has been here for quite a long time. Privatisation of the sugar companies started way back in the Tenth Parliament. As we all know, privatisation is one of the requirements for us to be in line with COMESA. Since hon. Members have agreed that we privatise our sugar companies, I thank them all. I would also like to tell hon. Dalmas Otieno that, as Parliament, we had approved the write-off of the debts of these companies. However, the write-off could not take place before Parliament approved the privatisation of the sugar industries. I confirm that, as Parliament, we agreed to write-off the debts. We had allowed the Privatisation Commission to privatise companies only. We have heard the good ideas that came from hon. Dalmas Otieno. I hope that the Privatisation Commission will sit down and consider the good ideas that have come from all the hon. Members who have spoken on this Report, and more so hon. Dalmas Otieno’s. I thank everybody else and hope that the Privatisation Commission will move with speed to consult Members from this country’s sugar belt; and consult the likes of hon. Dalmas Otieno, who has very good ideas, and move with speed to privatise those companies for the benefit of all Kenyans and the farmers in that area. With those very few remarks, I beg to move."
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