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    "id": 154484,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "THAT, the Motion be amended by deleting the full stop after the figure 2009 and inserting the words “subject to deletion of Sections 12.1.20 on page 41; 14.1.5 and 14.1.8 on pages 70 to 71; 14.4.6, 14.4.7 and 14.4.8 on pages 73 to 74 and 14.6.3 on page 75 of the Report. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the amended Motion will read as follows:- This House adopts the Report on the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources on food security and maize shortage in the country laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 30th April, 2009, subject to deletion of Section 12.1.20 on page 41, 14.1.5 and 14.1.8 on pages 70 and 71, 14.4.6 and 14.4.7 and 14.4.8 on pages 73 to 74 and 14.6.3 on page 75 of the Report. Allow me to mention a bit why I propose that we make those amendments. First of all, let me first thank the Committee for having put a lot of time in producing this Report. I went through this Report and I must commend the Committee for considering why we have maize shortage in different regions of the country. The Committee divided this country into regions and even went ahead and identified the people, who are most insecure in terms of food shortage, both in rural and urban areas. I really did not want this Report to go in vain. As much as I appreciate that, I find this particular section to be a little bit wanting in some aspects. I will enumerate some aspects that I think needed to have been considered by this Committee but were not given enough attention. If you look at Section 14.1.5 and 14.1.8 on pages 70 and 71, the Committee makes recommendations. Let me first start with Section 14.1.5. The Committee made recommendations on the Cabinet ad hoc Committee, which is basically chaired by the Prime Minister and the other Members are Ministers for Agriculture, Special Programmes and Finance. The Committee recommended that the work of the Cabinet adhoc Committee should be investigated. If you read the Report from page one to page 70, which is the end of the Report, and you also even look at the evidence that is provided in the schedule in form of minutes, we really do not see why this Committee should be held accountable and investigated. The only thing mentioned is about the importation of the two million bags of maize. But if you look at the evidence adduced before the Committee, you will realize that the work of this ad hoc Committee was basically a policy matter. The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) had been mandated to"
}