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    "id": 1123649,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "(2) Statement on the price of fertilizer in the country sought by Sen. Cherargei, MP, on Wednesday, 3rd November, 2021, and; (3) Statement on the sale of uncertified seeds to farmers in Bomet, parts of Kericho and Narok counties sought by Sen. (Dr.) Langat, MP, on Wednesday, 10th November, 2021. The committee is awaiting responses from the Ministry on the above listed Statements. Once those responses are received, they will be shared with the Senators that sought the Statements and the processing of the responses will be done by the committee. The committee is also handling a Statement on the state of Mumias Sugar Company Limited and its impending takeover or resuscitation sought by Sen. Malalah of Kakamega on 2nd July, 2021. We issued a Statement on the progress made by the committee’s consideration of the Statement on 7th July, 2021. The committee met with the receiver manager on Monday, 27th September, 2021, and advised him to comply with the court orders issued on 30th August, 2021, and 23rd September, 2021 in Civil Suit No. E697 of 2021; Gakwamba Farmers’ Co-operative Society Limited Versus Ponangipalli Venkata Ramana Rao and others as follows- (a) Opening of bids made in respect to the leasing of Mumias Sugar Company Limited be carried out on Thursday, 30th September, 2021, in the presence of the bidders. (b) Financial information contained in the bids be shared with the bidders and be made available to the public. (c) An invitation be extended to the committee to attend the bid opening. The bid opening did not take place on Thursday, 30th September, 2021 as directed, but took place on 6th October, 2021. A total of eight bidders placed their bids and the financial information contained in the bids was made public. The committee shall continue to oversight the bidding process as it proceeds to the evaluation stage until its logical end. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to petitions, the committee has considered one petition concerning the plight of seed farmers in Trans Nzoia County, which was committed to the committee on 22nd September, 2020. The committee met the petitioners and the Kenya Seed Company Limited in November 2020 and also received a response from the Ministry. The committee considered its report on the petition and resolved to undertake a county visit to Trans Nzoia County to meet with the seed farmers prior to the committee’s adoption of the report. I want to report to the House that the visit is scheduled to be held this week from Thursday to Saturday. The committee intends to carry out the following key activities during the next quarter- (1) Amendment and republication of the Coconut Industry Development Bill (Senate Bills No.24 of 2021) to include all nuts and oil crops. (2) Consideration and publication of additional Bills to amend the Crops Act, 2013, so as to unbundle the regulation and management of major crops that fall within the ambit of the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) and establish stand-alone agencies for their regulation. The draft Pyrethrum Industry Development Bill is currently undergoing drafting."
}