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    "id": 763183,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763183/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Melly",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 12849,
        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "I also want to note that in areas hitherto sugar growing regions – and I especially want to pinpoint the region where I come from – earlier on, the roads were very well maintained because these farmers were paid on time and the then county authorities were able to maintain those roads. However, you will realise that currently, villages and shopping centres are totally impassable. You cannot access them and crops in those farms are lost. So, Kenya is now using a lot of foreign exchange earnings to import sugar. We should ensure that our farmers and people are not exploited by sugar millers. This is an area which everyone needs to look into. If you look at the millers, you will realise that a number of them have resources and are expanding. Why are we having sugar factories sprouting across the region, if sugar-cane is not paying? Every miller is saying he is not able to pay because the subsector has problems. If it has problems, why are they coming up with a number of millers in almost every neighbourhood of a government-owned 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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