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"content": " What is out of order, Hon. Baya?"
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, looking at the mood of the House, I request that the Mover be called upon to reply."
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"content": " How did you determine the mood of the House? Is it the mood of the House that we call the Mover to reply?"
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"content": " Everybody is supporting the Bill along the same lines. Therefore, it is okay for the Mover to be called to reply so that we can close debate on this Bill."
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"content": " Hon. Mutunga."
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"speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to reply to the debate on this very important Bill. 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."
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"content": "I would like to thank all my colleagues for supporting the Bill. It shows the importance of extension services in our country as an enabler towards agricultural production and productivity. A few issues have come up that I would like to highlight. We looked at the composition of the board as a Committee. We, first, looked at the structure of the board itself. We are not creating a new institution because we are very much aware that the Government is merging institutions to reduce the number of Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs). We have looked at the existing Agricultural Information and Resource Centre (AIRC) and transformed it into the National Agricultural Information Repository, which will link up all the sources of information, technologies, innovations and management practices to be channelled back to the county governments and released to farmers. We have also looked at the area of diagnosis and taken into account the technological advancement that the country is at now in terms of how farmers can take photographs of what they see in their farms. They can relay the photographs to a county outfit that we have renamed ‘diagnostic centre.’ From the diagnostic centre, it will be possible for the photographs to go to a repository and the repository can get information that can be relayed back to the farmer. Through such process, we can solve a problem."
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"content": "On the other hand, we have also looked at the relationships and how we can keep the distance short and the channels very clear in terms of making sure that the regulatory information is relayed to the farmer in appropriate form. We have also looked at livestock issues in terms of how we can cause an improvement of livestock through working extension system by taking into account the Kenya Animal Genetic Resources Centre (KAGRC), which is mandated to produce semen and distribute it across the country. That can impact our livestock sector in terms of reducing the maturity age of beef-producing cattle and also improving the productivity of the dairy animals so that we increase the national average."
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"content": "There are very many other issues that we looked that have come out during the debate. As a country, there are a few challenges we need to focus on even as we look at this Bill. We need an appropriate messaging process to handle the challenge of climate change. We also need to be aware of the fact that land is reducing in size. We can open up any land that does not have good soils as we have. Therefore, we have a great opportunity. We need to employ our young people. Agriculture has the potential. Unless we have a working extension system, that will not happen because we will not message appropriately. With those very few remarks, I reply."
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"content": " Hon. Members, that marks the end of the Second Reading debate on the Agriculture and Livestock Extension Services Bill (Senate Bill No.12 of 2022). For obvious reasons, the Question will be put the next time the Bill will be slotted in the Order Paper."
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