Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide the status of South Nyanza Sugar Company (SONY)…

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The Member for Awendo (Hon. John Owino, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning: - Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide the status of South Nyanza Sugar Company (SONY)’s request for financial assistance in the form of a bailout from the Government? (ii) expound on the details of the proposed Privatization Plan including the sale of SONY’s nuclear land, explain how the issue of ownership will be addressed, state the measures in place to protect the current employees from losing their livelihoods, and clarify on the guidelines in place to ensure a transparent and beneficial privatization process for the company, particularly for the farmers who should benefit in both the short and long term? (iii) provide the status of implementation of recommendations of Task Force Report into the Crisis in the Kenyan Sugar Industry appointed by the Minister for Agriculture on 27th March 2003 as well as the Report on a Petition on inquiry into Crisis Facing the Sugar Industry in the Country by the Committee of the National Assembly that as adopted on 20th June 2019, with regard privatization of sugar companies?