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    "id": 619476,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nooru",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Adan Mohamed Nooru",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives on the crisis facing the sugar industry in Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 12th March 2015. Hon. Speaker, this Report arises from the Petition by the Western Development Initiative Association on the imminent collapse of the sugar industry in Western Kenya. The Committee, out of its wisdom, while investigating the issue raised by the Petitioner, undertook a sample investigation into the status of the sugar industry in Kenya with a view of finding a lasting solution and making recommendations to salvage the industry and save losses incurred by over 6 million Kenyans across the country who are eking their livelihoods out of the sugar sector. The terms of reference of the Committees’ investigation are as follows: (i) Investigate and inquire into the current status of sugar industry in the country. (ii) Investigate and inquire into the issues of cheap imports of smuggled sugar into the country. (iii) Investigate and inquire into the alleged export by Mumias Sugar Company between 2006 and 2012. (iv) Look into the sugar market which has contributed to the crisis faced by the sector and report the findings of the Committee to the House. The Committee identified the challenges which the sugar industry is facing as follows:- First and foremost, the sugar industry is faced with high cost of production. This gives room for smuggling of sugar from outside markets and this dumps sugar into this country."
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