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    "id": 619683,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/619683/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wamunyinyi",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute. I also represent cane farmers, more particularly farmers that are producing raw cane that is delivered to Mumias and Nzoia Sugar companies. When this Report had not been presented before the House, I was also a bitter person. I was very angry because I thought some information was being hidden and that facts which ought to have been presented to Kenyans were not being given. I have looked at this Report in detail and found that it is a well thought out Report. It is quite detailed. It has covered many agencies that have been interviewed, including private auditors, KRA and all the agencies that are involved with sugar. I commend the Committee for this Report. They have given very fair recommendations. The recommendations which have been given in the Report are very fair. However, I have thought about certain areas which were not captured but before I get to that, I want to look at their terms of reference. They were to investigate and inquire into the current state of the sugar industry in the country. This is not limited to MSC but the sugar industry in the country. They were also to look into the glut in the sugar market which has, among other causes, contributed to the current crisis in the country and report their findings. Nzoia Sugar Company has been a victim. It is also on the verge of collapse. It is heavily indebted. They are not paying farmers or anybody else. It is in a bad state of affair."
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