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    "id": 1183399,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183399/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maragwa, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mary Njoroge",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to request for a statement. Pursuant to Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Delegated Legislation regarding alleged gazettement and implementation of the Crops (Coffee) (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022. The Regulations were submitted to Parliament during the last sine die recess, seeking to amend the Crops (Coffee) (General) Regulations, 2019. The said Regulations were to mandate the Agriculture and Food Authority, popularly known as AFA, to register all coffee warehouse men, warehouses, coffee miller marketers, grower marketers, grower millers, auction organisers, coffee buyers, coffee bags suppliers, roasters, importers and for certification companies to maintain an up-to-date register and share the register with respective county governments. The Crops (Coffee) (General) Regulations, 2019 led to the formulation of the Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) Regulations, 2020 that sought to incorporate coffee exchange and licensing of brokers in addition to the establishment of a direct settlement system for advanced and transparent process of payment of coffee sales proceed. Despite the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) extending the effect of the old Regulations to the end of 2022 due to unresolved matters in the coffee sector, this marking the third time that the Authority extended the rules, the former Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development published and implemented the Regulations without carrying out public participation and getting the necessary approval of this House. This has led to restoring the mandate of registering and regulating coffee marketers to the AFA and CMA as a regulator of spot commodities. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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