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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to make very brief comments. As I make these comments, I have seen some comments from Easy Coach. They have said they will no longer carry fish. Their notice says, \"Following complaints from some of our clients on poorly packaged fish and fish products contaminating their accompanied luggage, we temporarily suspend the carrying of fish and fish products as accompanied luggage in our buses.\" After a complaint, they said, \"The suspension has been lifted and you can now carry your fried, dried, smoked, salted mbuta, ngege, kamongo,omena, etc.\" I am mentioning this because, coincidentally, it deals with similar issues. I do not want to speak too much about food and feed safety control issues because we have many comprehensive laws. I have looked at this Bill and am having a lot of difficulty supporting it. In terms of the principles behind it, I have no problem. Still, the best way of doing what this Bill is trying to do is to amend the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Act and create the position of Controller within the Act. Normally, when a Bill is brought to the House, it is supposed to cure some mischief. The major mischief that is being cured here is creating a job, which is not problematic. We can always create jobs. There are too many Kenyans without jobs. If we have a controller, we would have created a job. There is no problem. However, we do not need to enact a new law to create a job. We should have introduced an amendment to the AFA Act to provide for the position of the Controller. The other issue that I have a problem with is traceability. Even the subsequent amendments to other Bills are primarily the issue of who has authority in terms of control so that when there is a conflict, it is given to the controller. However, the issue of traceability is core. For instance, Easy Coach may have raised this issue if there was a problem with some of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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