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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Tabitha Mutinda",
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    "content": "experience such as three years, then it will be weaker. They should consider and put about 10 years of experience. It is possible and doable. Three years is little. I note that the only member of the Committee who was here, Senator of Nyeri County, Sen. Wamatinga, seems to have stepped out. It concerns me where these Members are because they need to be taking notes. If this is a Committee Bill it should be taken more seriously. None of them are in the House to note this down. I hope they will consult the HANSARD and get the right input that Members have contributed. On that note, I urge colleagues that if they have Bills as committees, then they should be in this House to take note of the issues. Otherwise, not putting up Bills, throwing them to us and leaving without being keen on the small amendments that the Members of the House have put in place. As stated earlier on my Bill; the Agricultural and Livestock Extension Services Bill (Senate Bills No.12 of 2022), I advise that the Committee should consider to put in the Bill the role of extension service officers. They have talked of training but then who is going to offer it? We need experts from the extension service department to ensure they offer quality training of coffee farmers in this country This is in order to improve our quality from where it has been to the current need of the market in place. We cannot have the same things being done. If we have the same quality, we do not compete well in the market as required. For us to have a higher market niche, we need to improve the quality of the coffee. We can improve it by ensuring our coffee farmers get the training and expertise needed. This will ensure the output in place is of higher value. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Kenya Kwanza Government one of our key manifestos have been matters agriculture. I thank the President because we have focused on that. It has been a few weeks after the State of the Nation Address which was put across in Parliament. You realize that the cost of fertilizer has gone down from Kshs7500 to retailing at Kshs2500. For our farmers to maximize profits from any produce - as a student of business - the cost of production has to be considered. The cost comes from the price of fertilizer, pesticides that need to be applied, seedlings required and the quality items needed to ensure quality output. As the Kenya Kwanza Government, we have ensured that the tax for the cost of raw materials have been lowered and hence this lowers the cost of pesticides in the market. This in turn lowers cost of production. This is the farming process in place. When our farmers go to sell produce, they can compete and maximize profits because they have reduced their costs. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the Deputy President, he has been a champion as far as the coffee and tea sector is concerned. He has ensured that our farmers are supported and get the right items needed together with funding to maximize produce and the standard quality needed. As I finish, I would like to talk about the issue of brokers. The Agricultural and Livestock Extension Services Bill (Senate bills no. 12 of 2022), talks of marketing of the"
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