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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to urge the Committee to push NEMA to be fair and not wait for the damage to happen so that they take action. The NEMA needs to be proactive and the officials should always remember that prevention is better than cure. I support."
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"content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): We need to bring this to a closure. Be brief, Sen. Cheruiyot. I hope you have recovered from whatever you were doing outside."
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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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"content": "I heard the Managing Director of this factory say that this was their first point of interaction. The issue had not been brought to their attention and they failed to comply. Closure should be an option if there is willful failure to comply. Therefore, I humbly request the Committee of this House that is charged with the responsibility of looking into this matter to hit the ground running so as to save the lives of the people of Nandi, Kisumu, Kericho and all others areas that depend on Kibos Sugar Factory."
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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your information, sugarcane farming is a not a small business. Sugar is one of the most consumed products in this country on a daily basis. How its farmers, just like tea, milk and coffee end up living in abject poverty is something that we will never understand. There are cartels that conspire to kill all factors and means of production of this industry so that they can cheaply import sugar into the country and make a kill. We should not allow them. NEMA should not aid importers of sugar as opposed to building the capacity of our local farmers. Therefore, as a House, I"
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"content": "humbly plead on behalf of the people that I represent, that justice is done and stability brought back to that factory."
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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also support this Statement by Sen. Cherargei. This afternoon, we have talked about closure or liquidation of a cooperative society and how the livelihood of people is affected. So, it is sad that, again, we are talking about closure of another institution which will leave over 3000 employees jobless and over 10,000 farmers with no livelihood because they will have nowhere to supply the sugarcane. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have ways of winding up companies that are no longer visible and of no economic value. If there were things that were wrong, they should have been done in the right manner. NEMA does things upside down. When it is called upon to close down factories, for example, in the case of Solai Dam, they failed to inspect and uphold the standards or give notices for people to comply. They create another disaster in the name of closing a factory that will affect a lot of livelihoods. So, it is time for NEMA to shape-up or ship out. We cannot have ---"
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