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    "id": 763291,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) B.N. Nyaga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Beatrice Nkatha Nyaga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I also take this opportunity to congratulate you for being elected by the people of Kibwezi East and for the appointment to the Speaker’s panel. I also want to thank Hon. Melly for bringing this important Motion. This is the time we need to have the policy for sugar farmers. It is very important. In Tharaka-Nithi County, we do not have sugar-cane, but we consume the sugar. When we do not pay a farmer, we kill the farmer. They have taken a lot of finances from the banks. It is very frustrating when you have a loan from the bank. You know what happens. You cannot even sleep. They can come for anything – even the inputs that you have bought and the machines. They will carry everything. We talk of creating opportunities for our youth. When our industries are not working, where are we going to employ our youth? How are we going to assist them? We need to pay those people. We need to support them. We need to cater for them and protect farmers. Agriculture is what moves this country. If we are not paying not only sugar-cane farmers but also tea farmers, coffee farmers, cotton farmers, name them, are we really building the economy of this country? We are not. Why do we need to buy sugar from Brazil and other countries when we can produce our own sugar-cane here and quality sugar in fact? What we get 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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