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    "id": 301301,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ndambuki",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Agriculture",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Musyoka Ndambuki",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sessional Paper No.4 of 2011 on the National Agricultural Sector Extension Policy, which was tabled is the first in the history of agriculture. It is expected that it will guide the evaluation of agricultural extension services to become a vibrant function that will drive the sector to the highest levels. The overall objective of the Sessional Paper on National Agricultural Sector Extension Policy is to provide a policy framework that enables the following:- 1. To manage a prolific extension service for effective service delivery. 2. To develop private sector operated extension services to compliment public extension systems; and, 3. To commercialize and privatize public extension services without compromising the public interest. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before this Sessional Paper, we have been having many problems with extension services providers because some are private while others are public. We want to harmonize the extension services so that the farmers can get value. Many times, you have heard in this House Members complaining about extension services not being available. We want this Sessional Paper to cover that and improve whatever extension services are being delivered. 4. To harmonize and provide quality control of extension approaches and methods, especially those promoting demand-driven extension and capacity building for grassroots institutions. It also seeks to create functional institutional coordination mechanism and strengthen linkages among key stakeholders to mainstream cross-cutting issues touching on, for example gender, HIV/AIDS, financing agriculture and climate change among others. The Sessional Paper takes a sector-wide approach and addresses key sectoral issues in the delivery of extension services. It gives guidelines on addressing and revising creative funding modalities, packaging of technologies, capacity building, application of ICT to agricultural knowledge and information systems in general. It is anchored within the context of the agricultural sector development strategy principles. The NESEP will easily cascade to the devolved county structures."
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