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"speaker_name": "Prof. Olweny",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Education",
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently when a mistake was almost made in the implementation of the Constitution, the civil society helped this country. Some leaders who care about the Constitution helped us. I salute the Kenyans who came out and helped when the Constitution implementation almost took the wrong route. We passed a Bill in this House on privatisation of various Government institutions. We have the sugar industry. We have a number of Government sugar companies that are supposed to be privatised. However, it is taking too long while the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) safeguards end early next year. What is the Ministry of Agriculture doing to fast track privatisation of sugar companies in this country? When the COMESA safeguards end next year, they will find us in a very awkward position. I wish to call upon the Ministry of Agriculture to fast track the privatisation of sugar companies in this country. Sugar Development Fund which was supposed to have been availed to the farmers is also taking too long. This is the time to prepare their land to plant when the rains come. However, that money has not been availed through the institutions that are supposed to give money to farmers. Sometimes back, the Kenya Sugar Board wanted to give that money to Equity Bank, but that failed. Now it wants to avail it through the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC). I call upon the Minister for Agriculture to ensure that this money is availed to farmers, so that they can use it to prepare their farms for planting."
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