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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Member for Jomvu should be reminded that the House rises at 2:30 p.m., not 6:30 p.m. He wants to say that Mombasa is far. Hon. Temporary Speaker, let me thank the many Members who have ventilated on this Bill. Close to 27 have contributed to this Bill from the time we started. I have keenly listened to some of the issues raised, including those raised by Hon. Millie Odhiambo on handling fish and even issues to do with Easy Coach. That tells you the import of this Bill and the importance of handling food and feeds properly. I have also listened to issues raised on the need to separate issues concerning food and feeds. However, animal feeds are also food to livestock and give food to human beings. Therefore, it is not easy to clearly cover the distinction between what relates to animal feeds and what will end up as food for human consumption. They would pick this up if they had been there earlier as I moved this Bill. I know they were not all there. I indicated that you are feeding livestock and dairy cattle producing milk consumed by humans. It is the same thing with fish. I was not just talking about the fish fished in lakes. With the blue economy thriving in this country now, people are rearing fish. You find people raising fish in ponds if you go to Othaya and Kikuyu. They feed them with manufactured feeds. There is an important point in ensuring that you handle food and feeds the same way you deal with matters to do with food for human consumption. I have also listened to Hon. Millie’s neighbour, the Member for Suba South, Hon. Caroli Omondi. He is a very diligent and polished legislator who is doing very well in his first term. As much as Hon. Millie Odhiambo is complaining about additional positions being created like the Office of the Food Controller, the neighbour who is Hon. Caroli Omondi, is asking us to now create an authority that will be heavier to the exchequer rather than an office within government. This is in line with Public Service Act. The Public Service Commission can create such positions in the Executive. Therefore, creating an authority will be much heavier than the Exchequer. When Hon. Caroli refused me to inform him, I wanted to inform him that it is government policy now not to create more Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) and state corporations. Rather, we are to consolidate those doing similar duties to operate as one. To inform Hon. Caroli Omondi, I have heard the issues he has raised on additional 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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