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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Chanzu",
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        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
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    "content": "that could take care of the whole region. They had very good schools and hospitals within the company and so on. There are many benefits that will accrue with the Government reviving these sectors. Mumias Sugar Company and Nzoia Sugar Company were at the verge of collapse. I thank the Government. As much as somebody said that the money that was used to bail out those factories was from the Sugar Levy Fund, a decision had to be made as to where the money was to be applied. It is just like the Constituencies Development Fund money that we get as Members of Parliament. The money may be from the CDF but somebody has to make the right decisions on where it has to be applied at the right time. I thank that effort. Apart from the VAT on transport costs which should be removed, the Government should set aside more to revive Mumias Sugar Company. More money should be put into that area. As I said, the issue of employment is critical. The element of diversification is also important. The by- products we get out of sugarcane are aspects which can help. Mumias Sugar Company had already started producing power, which I think would also help in improving the power supply to the national grid. These are some of the aspects that should be encouraged. Countries like Singapore developed because of discipline; doing the right things at the right time and minimizing or eliminating corruption completely. The aspect of corruption just like one Member alluded to is a major problem. On the issue of transportation of tea, farmers go to tea collection centres to deliver tea. It is not collected sometimes until very late in the night. Some of them stay until midnight or 1 O’clock because of disorganisation and corruption. Those are the aspects that need to be addressed so that we can improve the economy."
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