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    "id": 973243,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very important issue. There is a reason why I had to rush back into the House, despite the fact that I was engaged in another very important national duty. The residents of Kericho County are the second leading suppliers of sugarcane to Kibos Sugar Company. The people I represent in this House, especially residents of Soin and Kipkelion, depend on this particular sugar factory to eke out a living. They pay school fees for their children, get medication when they are unwell and get along with their lives. The closure has not only affected their livelihood, but also scared them stiff on where else they can turn to. This is because Chemelil, Muhoroni and all the other sugarcane factories around closed a long time ago. Even though operational, the last time any sugarcane farmer was paid by any of those two factories that I have mentioned is more than a year or two. Kibos Sugar Factory had brought some form of stability. A sugarcane farmer was assured that upon delivery of crop, they would receive payment within 30 days. This is the kind of normalcy that our residents are clamouring for. Therefore, it would be extremely difficult for me as their leader to accept this move by NEMA. I do not know what reasons they may have. However, I wish that they would have, at least, enlightened the communities that live around the sugar factory on why they felt that this was the only available solution. I am sure the law prescribes what should be done if, for example, there is infringement of environmental laws and that kind of thing. There are other avenues through which they could have forced the factory to comply."
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