{"id":97721,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/97721/?format=json","text_counter":113,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ochieng","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":2955,"legal_name":"David Ouma Ochieng'","slug":"david-ouma-ochieng"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government, especially the Ministry of Agriculture, has failed for a very long time to regulate the buying and selling of molasses. Molasses, as a by-product, is being used by quite a number of factories in this country actually to generate yeast, power alcohol and spirits. For this purpose, they cannot operate fully because a lot of molasses is being bought illegally from these sugar factories and exported illegally to a neighbouring country. What steps is the Assistant Minister taking to make sure that molasses is not bought haphazardly so that these local producers can be protected?"}