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"speaker_name": "Mr. Samoei",
"speaker_title": "December 2, 2009 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4250 The Minister for Agriculture",
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"content": " Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not aware that AFC is facing any court action. However, I want to agree with the hon. Member that in the past, AFC has faced very serious management and governance challenges. As a result, this House will appreciate that, last week, we advertised the two most senior positions of Chief Executive and the Director, in charge of loans. The two officers will be recruited competitively as part of the wider scheme of ensuring that the governance and management challenges that have faced AFC become a thing of the past. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, six months ago, we changed the board of AFC. We now have in place a very competent retired senior banker as the Chairman of the AFC. This is part of the bigger plan of making AFC discharge its responsibility of providing loans to farmers efficiently and in an appropriate manner. In responding to the issue raised by Mr. Affey, farmers, including ranch owners, who have the capacity to pay their loans, will continue to be requested, as it is normal, to pay their loans. Those who have been classified as people who are not able to pay will not be harassed by anybody, but will await the process of write off as I have stated in this House. We have also asked development partners - and we want to thank JICA for giving us the initial Kshs768 million. We are currently in discussions with World Bank, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and other donor agencies with a view of looking for additional money for onward lending to farmers."
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