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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to make some submissions on this report. Let me begin by appreciating the work of the Committee for going through clause by clause on the amendments made by the National Assembly. There are few amendments made by the National Assembly that I agree with and there are some that I would have wished my good Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to have given us guidance on what to amend or the language to be used. The first amendment, which has been made that I support is on a broker. When a person is called a broker, given that this commodity is being sold abroad, you have to go to a market and brokerage the deal between the buyer and the seller. In my opinion, it is imperative that you are licensed by the marketing authorities. That is a good amendment and I fully support it. However, I do not support entirely the amendment on who the buyer is. I do not need to be licensed. Sometimes, I think we just over-legislate. I do not need to be licensed to buy coffee to resell. If you look at the amendment as drafted by the National Assembly, you will be shocked that whoever buys coffee must be licensed. It is absolutely ludicrous. If I The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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