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    "id": 1079873,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Speaker",
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    "content": "The Petitioners further claim that poor governance and the absence of a Board of Directors at the Kenya Seed Company has contributed immensely to rampant occurrence of fake Kenya Seed Company seeds in the market. They allege that one Mr. Fred Oloibe, who was allegedly appointed un-procedurally by the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture on 14th April, 2020 as the Acting Managing Director, has been frustrating plans for holding an Annual General Meeting to legally elect Board of Directors. They further allege that the Acting Managing Director and other senior managers have outstanding integrity issues that are currently being investigated, including the loss of seeds worth Kshs100 million in the Kenya Seed Narok stores and nearly Kshs10 million at its Kitale Seed Shop and infiltration of cartels that has resulted in production and circulation of fake seeds. Hon. Members, the Petitioners state that families have been left devastated and are now staring at total loss of income and food insecurity given that there is only one planting season in the North and South Rift regions. They are frustrated that, instead of addressing farmers’ concerns on the fake seeds, Kenya Seed Company management has been citing infection of MLN and SMAT diseases as scapegoats to avoid taking responsibility for circulation of fake maize seeds attributed to poor management at the Kenya Seed Company. It is on the basis of the foregoing concerns and the gravity of the ramifications that the matter has on food security and national security that the Petitioners are praying to this House to look into the issues raised in this Petition as a matter of urgency and, in particular:"
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