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    "id": 1157539,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Farhiya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Farhiya Ali Haji",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if those provisions are not specified in any Bill, what normally happens is that ministries can take forever to enact those regulations. This then stops the actualisation process for the Bill to be operationalised. Delegated legislation is very important. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Part 10 of the Bill - Clauses 58-59 -contains consequential amendments to the Food Authority Act and the Crop Authority Act, 2013. Now that these functions have been separated from the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), it is important that the relevant amendments are done, so that this Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) can become an independent body that can undertake the work as required. This is so that the board can function effectively without interference, since there are a couple of provisions that are provided under those two Acts. Part 11 of the Bill contains savings and transitional provisions, specifically the Bill states that: “The pensions of staff under the provident fund of the AFA, Sugar directorate shall be vested in the KSB”. It is important to ensure that once the Bill divorces the other one in terms of the sectors, there is transition that makes the responsibilities also move in terms of pension, benefits and other legal requirements that appertain to the same. They need to move to the KSB now that the directorate will no longer be under the AFA. The First Schedule contains provisions of designation of sugar catchment areas. The Second Schedule contains provisions of conduct of business and affairs of the board. The Third Schedule contains guidelines for agreement between parties in the sugar industry. The Fourth Schedule contains provisions of meetings and procedures in the tribunal."
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