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    "id": 664317,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/664317/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. J.K. Ng'ang'a",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 54,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Nganga Kiuna",
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    "content": "has been exploited with all kinds of taxation. That is why you will find that the Kenyan sugar is more expensive than the one imported. Import duty is never paid. Even if it is paid, we need to find a way of increasing those duties so that the local sugar can easily be marketed in our country. We should also try to reduce fertiliser prices for these farmers so that they get something. I normally ask myself: How come when farmers who grow maize, beans and other cereals, deliver the produce to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), they are normally paid in cash? How come that the ordinary sugar farmer waits for about three months without being paid? I remember the olden days when coffee farmers were paid promptly. How come we, Members of Parliament, the leaders who come from the areas where coffee, sugarcane and other crops are grown, cannot come up with measures to protect farmers? It is high time we woke up because in 2017, small-scale farmers from the sugar and coffee belts will stand up and say: “Enough is enough. We have been electing you to Parliament but you have not been enacting laws to protect us.” It is very important for us to come up with solutions to help the small- scale farmer in the cereal, sugarcane, coffee and tea farming. I am saying this because I come from Nakuru in Rift Valley, where pyrethrum farmers have been exploited all along. I have been singing this song. I have tried my best but there are powerful cartels, who are trying to prevent the small-scale pyrethrum farmer from getting his due. 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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