23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
debts amounting to billions of shillings belonging to those factories. Fifty-one years down the line we are still bailing out sugar factories. So, members should stand up and say that the Government should privatise this industry because farmers only want their sugarcane to be sold. I heard a Member say that he is clearing sugarcane that has been in the farm for 48 months. How do you sell when there is nobody to mill? If there are those who have not invested in sugarcane but farmers sell to them, it is a poaching issue. The Indian factories pay on time ...
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23 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move the Motion as amended.
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Member is misleading the House and the nation as a whole that the Committee did not interrogate the management of the KSB. We interrogated and it is under Item 36 of the Report. We interrogated the management of the KSB and we have captured it in the Report. It is there.
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Having allowed the Hon. Member for Budalangi to shout, he is out of order by keeping on referring to the Kenya Sugar Board.
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one Member at a time.
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, he is speaking in a loud voice and is out of order. I have all the right to correct him.
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, he has mentioned the Kenya Sugar Board, which is not in existence. It was repealed by this House almost three years ago and is no longer in existence. The Member for Budalangi keeps referring to it.
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17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
That one is just the same. It is duplication.
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17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the issue raised by Hon. Midiwo is mixed up. There are two issues in Mumias Sugar Company.
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17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, if you have any interest, I have no interest. I want to put issues in their proper perspective. The issue raised by Hon. Midiwo is a bit mixed up because Mumias Sugar Company did two issues. One, they imported sugar. Hon. Midiwo read 800 metric tonnes that the company imported. That was one issue. There is also an issue of export by Mumias Sugar Company. Do not get mixed up on the two issues. The second issue---
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