{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=144546","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=144544","results":[{"id":1463642,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463642/?format=json","text_counter":555,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nyando, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Jared Okello","speaker":null,"content":"? Our areas, where sugarcane farming has been the centre stage, have continued to be neglected. With a broad-based something, I hope even the sugar sector will be paid a lot of attention and credence. At the end of the day, just like coffee and tea farmers, we will also enjoy the benefits that come from the Government. With those remarks, I thank you for giving me the opportunity."},{"id":1463643,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463643/?format=json","text_counter":556,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Peter Kaluma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":1565,"legal_name":"George Peter Opondo Kaluma","slug":"george-peter-opondo-kaluma"},"content":" Hon. Caroli Omondi to follow Hon. Jayne Kihara. Why do some Members believe Hon. Jayne Kihara can only talk about coffee, tea and fish from Lake Naivasha?"},{"id":1463644,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463644/?format=json","text_counter":557,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Laughter)"},{"id":1463645,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463645/?format=json","text_counter":558,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Naivasha, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jayne Kihara","speaker":null,"content":" In fact, we do not have coffee and tea in Naivasha. We only have cabbages and onions. At the outset, much as I grew up in a region where we do not have sugar or sugarcane, I support this Motion. Any serious Government that is thinking of raising the economy of this country through farming has to address sugarcane farming. I grew up in a place where we did not have sugar or rather sugarcane. It was grown in small scale. Wherever it grew, I always thought it The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1463646,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463646/?format=json","text_counter":559,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Naivasha, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jayne Kihara","speaker":null,"content":"was for squeezing the juice to make muratina . There was a manual squeezing facility where young boys used to go to and push that rod to get a few coins when they produce the juice. Yes, I knew sugar. However, I did not know where it came from. All I knew all along was that it was for making"},{"id":1463647,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463647/?format=json","text_counter":560,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"muratina"},{"id":1463648,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463648/?format=json","text_counter":561,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Naivasha, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jayne Kihara","speaker":null,"content":". I came to know about sugar factories in my last job. I was working for a company that sold fertiliser. That is the time I knew there were so many sugar-milling facilities. Examples are the South Nyanza Sugar Company (Sony), the Nzoia Sugar Company, the Mumias Sugar Company, the Kibos Sugar Company and the Chemelil Sugar Company. All those were my customers. That is the time I realised that, that thing is real and that there is sugar. I only saw sugar in my sugar dish. I did not care where it came from."},{"id":1463649,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463649/?format=json","text_counter":562,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Naivasha, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jayne Kihara","speaker":null,"content":"I visited Hon. Beatrice Wambilianga’s place during our campaign trails. We passed through the Nzoia Sugar Company. I saw a big non-operational facility. Just dead! You would then imagine the kind of jobs that were lost there. We really want to create jobs and yet, we are exporting our jobs out there, by importing sugar that is controlled by sugar barons. They do not address the deficit. It is actually killing the industry. The policy we need is what Mheshimiwa has said here. Sugar importation has to be controlled, only to address deficits. Producers of sugar are the only ones who can tell genuine deficits. Those factories or millers know where the deficit is. We should allow them to import. We have seen the corruption of imported sugar repackaged in Mumias bags."},{"id":1463650,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463650/?format=json","text_counter":563,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Naivasha, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jayne Kihara","speaker":null,"content":"What is eating that industry and country? It is corruption! If you want to be rich like Hon. Keynan has said, you go to look for a way to import sugar. That is why we deny our farmers their income and the jobs for our youth. Joblessness is real and we cannot kill our farming industries pretending that farming is the backbone of our economy. We should be working towards exporting sugar. That is the only time we can make sense in matters sugar. I do not have much to say because we know the selfish sugar barons and they get licenses from the Government. So, is the Government really interested in fighting corruption if we do not want to address it through revamping the farming of coffee and other crops?"},{"id":1463651,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1463651/?format=json","text_counter":564,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Naivasha, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Jayne Kihara","speaker":null,"content":"Otherwise, we have to work and support this Motion and be real in all farming matters, not just on fertiliser that yes, we have given those fertilisers and grown such and such crops, but what happens after that? Instead of sending our children outside the country, we can keep them here as long as farming makes sense."}]}