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    "id": 619646,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/619646/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mbiuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 79,
        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "in Kwale Sugar Company where they are using modern technology, the cost of production is extremely low there. When you look at the cost of producing one tonne of cane in Kenya, it is almost US$22 compared to the rest of the region, where it is US$13. When you look at the cost of producing one metric tonne of sugar in Kenya, it is US$870 vis-a-vis the rest of the region, where it is an average of around US$400. In Brazil where we are getting some of the contraband sugar, it is less than US$300. As a country and House, we have a very big responsibility to ensure that the cost of production really goes down so that our sugar can become competitive. On the same length, we need to appreciate that in our country, we have sugar deficit. Our consumption is more than 800,000 metric tonnes and we are only able to produce less than 600,000 metric tonnes. Hence, we are normally required to import around 200,000 metric tonnes per year. On the sugar which comes into the country, some of it comes through the porous borders and collusion between Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). We are happy with the measures the Government is currently taking to arrest this situation. Hon. Speaker, the biggest challenge that this country is facing with regard to Mumias Sugar Company is importation of sugar. According to this Report, Mumias Sugar Company imported more than 10,000 metric tonnes of sugar from South Sudan in 2013. When we went to Mombasa, we realised that Mumias Sugar Company was selling both imported and local sugar. Their local sugar was far much more expensive than the imported sugar. They could not move their local sugar. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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