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    "id": 610246,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise on a point of order. The sugar industry is a big one and the companies named here are large companies with huge tracts of land. Many of us particularly those who come from those areas know the pain which farmers have gone through. To merely say that privatising the companies will solve the problem and yet we already hear that MSC went through that, and it was not the solution, is not proper. Most of the Members are probably seeing the Report now. I, therefore plead with you that Members are given more time to discuss this in detail so that those who have interest in it know further details. These are huge tracts of land which we do not know how much they are likely to be sold for and I think that this requires time and serious consideration because once the decision is made we cannot go back and yet the lives of farmers will be at stake. Hon. Speaker, I also know you had ruled that after this Motion we go into discussion of the matter of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) issue. We have two very important issues. Mine is to request that we move to the CDF issue and give time for Members to consider this Report and read it in detail so that we can participate more actively. Thank you, hon. Speaker."
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