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    "id": 763231,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763231/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "zoning so that a sugar miller must know where his farmers are. We must also take care of other sugar factories that have taken advantage of this and frustrated farmers a lot. But the aspect of sugar-cane farming which has always been encouraging sugar development, I think if we have to move forward, we must reintroduce that sugar factory zoning. There is also the aspect of the Sugar Development Levy. At one point the CS in charge of finance came up with a policy and just scrapped the Sugar Development Levy. This has really affected the sugar growing zones because this levy is what farmers used to rely on. It was also relied on by the factories for development of these zones. This would be charged on sugar importers. It is a levy that would be charged on every sugar player, including those importing. If this was re-introduced today, I am sure some infrastructure that is currently wanting in the sugar zone would have been corrected. There is also the aspect of corruption. Sometimes when I hear our National Super Alliance (NASA) leader, the former presidential candidate, I do not know whether he is still current or former because I am told he has withdrawn claiming that he has a better future for Kenyans because he is corrupt-free and that he can oversee growth in many other aspects. Where Hon. Melly comes from, his closest factories are Chemelil, Miwani and Muhoroni. All these factories are in the areas where our NASA leader comes from. If really he was a leader who was keen in developing this sector, I am sure he would have helped the management especially when he was a Prime Minister to make sure that this sector is properly taken care of. I am hearing my colleague talk of a point of order. However, Mumias Sugar Company was mismanaged by Hon. Kidero."
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