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    "id": 763289,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/763289/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyula",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph H Maero Oyula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. The sugar industry has gone down over the years. As a result, it has contributed a lot to creation of poverty among the people who are at the sugar areas. I come from a constituency where almost 50 per cent of farmers grow sugar-cane. Most of those farmers have never been paid. As a result, many have moved away from growing sugar- cane and, therefore, creating a gap for a lot of poverty. Farmers cannot pay their fees nor do any work. In fact, most of them have now turned into beggars. It is important for the relevant authority to look at the management of some of those factories. There are cartels that have come in to destroy that industry. As I speak now, you will find a big queue of farmers from my constituency who want to be helped to claim their payment from Mumias Sugar. Likewise, we also had the cotton industry. This has been totally overlooked. The cotton industry went through the same process; the ginneries failing to pay farmers. As a result, most farmers withdrew thus leaving bills not settled. The authority responsible for agriculture should look entirely into the industry as farmers are suffering in this country. We need to open up a way in which they can get support and have their money paid by various industries. I conclude by supporting this Motion and thanking Hon. Melly for bringing it at this moment. It is long overdue. Thank you."
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