Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1045056,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1045056/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 387,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
        "slug": "enoch-kiio-wambua"
    },
    "content": "There has been a demonstration that AFA in its current form has not and may not be in a position to help ndengu farmers. There is need for a separate Act to ensure that our farmers are protected in the farms and in the market. This Bill goes on to state the duties of the County Executive Committee Members in ensuring that our farmers are protected. Clause 5 states that- “For the realization of the objectives set out under Section 3, a county executive committee member shall— (a) put in place measures to improve the quality and quantity of the production of mung beans within the county; (b) provide agricultural extension services to the growers in the respective county;” That part of the provision of the extension services is key to the success of the implementation of this Act. Many of us, if not all, when growing up, used to encounter agricultural extension officers at our homes almost on a daily basis, coming to check on our farms and animals to ensure we are food secure. When the rain started beating us, the extension officers disappeared and the production of food and the wellbeing of the livestock industry of this country went south. Specific to this ndengu, a responsibility will be put on the county governments through the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of Agriculture, to ensure that there are extension workers. We have many graduates from agriculture institutions all over the country who are idle and have no jobs to do. These are people that the county governments can employ and ensure they go round the farms to undertake activities aimed at supporting our farmers to produce good quality and quantity of"
}