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    "id": 947356,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/947356/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 210,
        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "That is why I said ‘did I hear’ because I was not sure. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a good and important Report. It takes us back to what we were debating yesterday. The reckless amalgamation of all crop and industrial statutes into one called Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) repealed the Sugar Act, Tea Act, Coffee Act and all Acts that dealt with special crops. The Committee did not go far enough to recommend the re-enactment of the Sugar Act. The Sugar Act that was repealed provided clearly that for any sugar imported in the country to cover the deficit, particularly through the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) window, importers should pay 15 per cent Sugar Development Levy of the quantum of the sugar that went to the development levy to help develop and maintain local sugar industries. However, that is no more. When the Sugar Act was repealed, the fund that was domiciled therein disappeared into thin air, Kenyan style. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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