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    "id": 1227450,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1227450/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Maanzo Daniel Kitonga",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. There is a law proposed by the Chairman touching on macadamia and other nuts which came to our committee today. The Bill will be taken for publication and eventually public participation. We realised that unless you have the permission of the Cabinet Secretary (CS), you cannot market nuts outside the country. This has caused cartels because getting permission is a serious problem. Today I requested our secretariat to do a little bit of research on the wisdom behind Section 43 of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act before we amend it, so that nuts can be sold directly by the farmers. We grow macadamia nuts in Mbooni and Kilingu areas of Makueni County. The whole of coastal region seems to have gotten into the problem of marketing their nuts because of this particular provision. Consequently, brokers have diverted all the nuts which are now being processed somewhere around Thika before they are marketed to the world as they please. We would like farmers to market directly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware there are standards required under different legislation. Therefore, we would like to know what informed that legislation, so that this House can amend that law and open the market to the world in order for our farmers to benefit. We hope that the Senate is going to help farmers of all types of nuts including macadamia nuts. I thank you."
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