{"id":624505,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/624505/?format=json","text_counter":192,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Anami","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2773,"legal_name":"Lisamula Silverse Anami","slug":"lisamula-silverse-anami"},"content":"We have some peripheral issues which are serious. For instance, how do farmers produce their sugarcane? How do they deliver it to the factory? How is the sugarcane weighed? How much are they paid? How much do they lose? There is a lot of wastage that some farmers end up committing suicide because they cannot get what they expect. At the beginning, it was interesting. People in Mumias married up to six wives because they had a lot of money. All this disappeared because thieves set in and stole all the money. The wives and children they had given birth to are a serious problem to the community. Thank God, the people of Shinyalu were not very much involved in the sugar business. I urge them to continue with the maize business."}