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"content": "In terms of finance, the Board is solely financed from Parliament. That means it is a national function. Boards and all institutions tend to be loyal to where their finances come from. Therefore, we have to look at other ways of financing that make the Board feel that its main function will only be felt if the extension workers are available and functioning at the county level."
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"content": "I support this Bill, but we have to look at the relationship between the Board, the national Government, and county governments so that there is free flow of information and functions. Let us take the example of the Universal Health Care workers that we have. They were recruited by the Public Service Commission and are all under the Ministry of Health, but work in counties. If we were to have a problem, we will not be sure who should do what. I support the Bill and its structures. The proposer and the co-sponsor are here and we should look at the relationship I have pointed out very well. We will propose some amendments, if necessary, when we come to the Committee of the whole House."
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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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"content": " Well said. Member for Eldas."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Bill is timely. It is timely because it brings about serious definitional clarity on the meaning of agriculture and livestock. I can see my good friend and my elder brother here, Hon. Aden Haji, who is a professional product of livestock extensions services not only in the northern Kenya region, but also in the entire country. He is the pioneer."
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"content": "Over the years, as a country, we have had very many missed opportunities. At the face of it, if we just sit down and reflect, we have a country. Our number one agenda is food security and it has a definition. The World Food Programme, in the Summit of 1996, defined food 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": "security as the means all people, at all times have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for active and healthy life. Is that what we have been doing? Is that what we do? It is not. I must congratulate the author of the Bill, its supporters and colleagues in the Senate who have attempted to look at it. We ought to have had it a long time ago. Some of the components the Bill attempt to help farmers in accessing knowledge, in getting information, and in getting serious technological transfers because farming has been modernised. It is not like the old days where farming methods did not add a lot of value to the wellbeing of the ordinary farmer. This Bill also attempts to enhance and modernise some of our agricultural practices. It attempts to bring about issues that can enhance economic productivity. It also provides an avenue for training. It also attempts to support market linkages that will bring about sustainability. When we were in school, we used to get access to the 4-K Clubs. We were encouraged to join agricultural marketing organisations. Today, if you ask the ordinary farmer about farming, you will realise that the kind of things they do and what they are expected to do are completely different. In this country, the definition of agriculture was based on coffee, tea, pyrethrum and other crops found in central Kenya. If you look at the face of this country, agriculture encompasses livestock, fishing and other marine activities. We need to get out of that cage which is part of the colonial mentality. Immediately we got our Independence, Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 defined agriculture as what was practised in the high-potential areas of the larger Mount Kenya region. What was grown in the region? It was coffee, tea and pyrethrum. Period. Mandarins in the Treasury and those in the Ministry of Economic Planning stopped thinking about the face of this country. In their mind, fish was a commodity for the Luo subsistence farmer. Livestock was predominantly associated with the pastoralist communities in parts of northern Kenya and Rift Valley. That definition must change. I am very happy with this Bill because it brings out definitional clarity. I thank Hon. (Dr) Mutunga and his team for drafting it. We also need to diversify our economy. If you ever get an opportunity to go to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan or Egypt, please visit some of their farms. These countries are desserts. Saudi Arabia is the largest wheat-producing country in the world, competing with Australia and the United States of America. If you go to Israel, you will be amazed by the kind of dairy farming there. If you go to Jordan on the other side, the country deliberately invested in technological transfer and empowerment of the ordinary farmer. That is not what we do today. During the colonial time, and I am glad my sister from Narok and Hon. Adan Haji are here, we used to have the Livestock Marketing Division (LMD), Livestock Holding Grounds (LHG)), Livestock Migratory Roots (LMR) and a vibrant and functional Kenya Meat Commission (KMC)."
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"content": "In 1968—this is a sad part of our history, but we must say it for the current and the next generation—the newly independent Botswana sent a high-powered agricultural extension officers to come and benchmark with KMC. Today, the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) provides meat to the entire European Union (EU) market while KMC is still struggling with nothing practical to mention. Eventually, one of the products of KMC, a Kenyan, ended up being the Principal Secretary for Livestock in Botswana. He is one of the most respected livestock farmers in Botswana."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": "Is it not high time we called a spade a spade? I am a camel farmer. Is there anybody with an idea of the available market for a camel farmer in Kenya? There is none. If you go to Ethiopia, there is an established department and market for camel farmers. In Somalia, which has had serious security issues, the market is vibrant. It is the same in Djibouti. Is it not high time we sat down and reflected on our viable attempts to make this country food secure? Is it not time we stopped associating this giant Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development 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": "with coffee only? I am not in any way trying to demean coffee and tea farmers; they are doing a superb job but we need to diversify our economy. We need to rinse the brains of technocrats in that Ministry. I am glad my good friend, Hon. Kagwe, a genius product from that region, is making attempts to reach out to other parts of the Republic of Kenya."
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