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    "id": 1464512,
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    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "Experiences from Myanmar indicate that it is one of the world’s largest producers of mung beans, growing the crop in two seasons as happens in Kenya, starting from October and so on. The country has two rainy seasons just like Kenya. Mung beans are cultivated almost in all regions of the country and less than 10 per cent of the crop grown in Myanmar is consumed domestically. Most of it is meant for export and, therefore, it is possible to grow this crop even for export. There is a market in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. In Thailand, if I may give another example, mung beans production levels have been increasing in the recent past, which means they are catching up with the demand in the world market. The main export markets for Thailand are Japan, China and the United States of America, which means we can sell these beans across our borders. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Committee has considered this crop and found it important that we look at it as important in this country and come up with legislation that will enable the development of regulations for purposes of the crop’s development, promotion, regulation and marketing. In their memorandum, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development observed that the development and promotion of the mung bean value chain is aptly provided for in the Crops Act No.13 of 2013. Therefore, we need to link this legislation to the Crops Act. The Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) has proposed amendments that will encourage consultation and collaboration between agriculture and food authorities and county governments to specifically and thoroughly look at how we can improve on production of mung bean. Also, the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) have come in. The Council of Governors has proposed amendments on what needs to be done and specification of the roles of the various institutions in terms of ensuring that mung bean does well in this country. Those amendments have been captured and will be relayed to this House during the Committee of the whole House for consideration before the Third Reading of the Bill to influence the regulation to do a better job in the country. The Committee tabled a report on 13th August 2024 and proposed some amendments aimed at enriching the Bill. I hope this House will support them during that stage. With those remarks, I beg to second."
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