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    "id": 1061498,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1061498/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lusaka",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
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    "content": " Hon. Senators, as you will recall, on 24th March, 2021, the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries sought to know whether the Senate Leadership had accepted to withdraw the Senate Bill in favour of a Coffee Bill drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives. The Coffee Bill (Senate Bills No.22 of 2020), sponsored by the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, was published on 23rd October, 2020. In compliance with Article 110 (3) of the Constitution, I sought the concurrence of the Speaker of the National Assembly on 9th November, 2020. In addition, I wrote to the Speaker of the National Assembly severally reminding him of the various Bills that still await his concurrence, including the Coffee Bill (Senate Bills No. 22 of 2020). The latest among these being a letter dated 15th March, 2021. Hon. Senators, I confirm that on 15th March, 2021 and 16th March, 2021, the Attorney-General wrote letters reference number AG/LDD/442/1/46 to both the Leader of Majority in the Senate and the National Assembly forwarding a draft Coffee Bill, 2021 developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives for further processing by the Houses of Parliament. As evidence by my letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly dated 15th March, 2021, seeking his concurrence on the Coffee Bill, (Senate Bills No.22 of 2020), neither I nor the Senate Business Committee, has approved the withdrawal of the Coffee Bill, 2020 published by the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in favour of the Bill developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives."
}