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    "id": 619783,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/619783/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 376,
        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "First, on the issue of sugarcane poaching, you find that there are individual sugarcane farmers who enter into contracts with companies like Mumias Sugar Company. Once they get into these contracts, they are given inputs, so that once they have their harvest, they take it to the company between which they have a contract, for example, Mumias Sugar Company. We have companies on the side who have put absolutely no input and poach sugarcane. So, when Mumias is waiting for money that they put in, it never reaches them. How do you expect Mumias Sugar to make profit neatly under such circumstances? Secondly, the cost of production is comparatively high. We are talking business here and we are comparing with neighbouring countries and internationally. If our cost of production, as has been indicated is comparatively high, how do we expect to compete with other countries? There is the issue of archaic machinery in some of our companies and we are expecting to compete with people who have modern machinery. The tonnage we produce in one week, somebody produces it in one hour. How do you expect us to compete? The other issue is management and that is why we have recommended that there be further investigations. We even requested for an audit report that was done and we were never given a final one. We sent it back and it came back incomplete, but the House was also in a hurry. There were allegations that the Committee has received bribes. We did not receive bribes. 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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