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    "id": 817475,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The county government took the step to provide other pieces of land, and they are 13 of them. When you aggregate the acreage of those 13 pieces of land, it amounts to about 400 hectares of land, which is equivalent to about 800 to 900 acres of land. The area where we want a factory to be built happens to have a slightly extra acreage. That is why we want the factory to be in South Mugirango, at Nyangweta region. We have already gazetted, under the Forestry Service, 18.7 hectares of land in that forest. The rest of the 48 hectares is what should be available in lieu of giving back to the forestry department. Indeed, six of them have been gazetted and they are available to Kenya Forest Services and so, there is no loss. In fact, if anything, there is an addition. In terms of the forest cover, we will endeavour to do so, because we have already done some tree plantations to an extent which is satisfactory. The county government has set aside more than Kshs10 million so as to be proactive in creating a greater forest than it has been hitherto. I seek your indulgence because Kisii has no factory. This will be the first factory that will bring in sugar protection because it will be free of mercury and many other interesting things. It will be in the interest of Kenyans, because it will be a pure product. It will also create an ethanol plant, which will also help in the industrial chemical production. Thirdly, it will also generate extra megawatts to the national generation of electricity. Therefore, it has a multiplicity of products. The benefits to the local community will be through the services and social corporate responsibility. There will be health centers, schools, roads and infrastructures as well as helping the local people to develop cane. At the moment, the cane that is there over-matures because farmers are subject to the mercy of other surrounding factories, which are located at a distance. Therefore, the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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