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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Section 7(5)1 of the Cotton (Amendment) Act is amended to provide the Cotton Authority with the mandate to promote, co-ordinate, monitor, regulate and direct the cotton industry in Kenya. This is going to repeal all the outdated provisions in the Cotton Board of Kenya in the Act that we are replacing and give the mandate to the cotton farmers. The cotton farmers, through the new Cotton Authority, are going to be able to establish the Cotton Development Authority of their own, which will involve, as I have said, all the stakeholders in the cotton industry with a board of 15. The Authority will now have the capacity to advise the Government, rather than the old board where the Government was literally directing the services and, therefore, the management of the cotton industry to farmers. The farmers will now control their own activity. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Authority will also monitor cotton production as they advise the Government. They will also participate in initiating strategies to achieve the optimum levels in the production, in both quality and quantity. The Authority will ensure that production, supply and distribution of plant seeds comply with regulations as contained in this Act. The Authority is also in this new amendment empowered to set standards and to enforce compliance with the standards for the assessment and grading of cotton seed. The Authority itself will be able to determine standards for cotton lint classification and enforce compliance with such"
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