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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Shakeel",
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        "legal_name": "Ahmed Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very important point. On the issue of the board, we see nowhere where the Bill says that the board is part-time. But when it comes to remuneration, it is stated that the Salaries and Remuneration Board will look at the issue of remuneration. What has happened over time is that we have set up boards and people have decided to become full time board members. Actually, by doing that, they have taken over the job of the secretariat. I do not have to go far. There is the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission and others. So, we want to be very clear that, that board is part-time, meaning that they are called as and when it is needed. It should not be full time, sitting there on the head of the secretariat. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, likewise, we are not too clear as to what elements and roles of the Kenya Coconut Development Authority are being taken over. Are the assets and liabilities of that particular organization taken over fully or is it just taking over the duties without all the other baggage? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, a coconut farm - and hon. Twaha has touched on some of these issues--- I was in Lamu and some of the land that has been taken over by the Government, it was said that nobody was farming on it. It is incorrect because a coconut farm is not like a traditional farm. Coconuts are planted and left because they take between five to ten years to grow. The fact that there are coconut plants on a piece of land makes that a coconut farm. The fact that there is no chain-link or traditional farming mechanisms of weeding et cetera does not mean that, that is not a farm. That is also something that has been misunderstood or misused by many people to take over what they say are unused plots of land. A coconut plant takes five to ten years to mature. I think we must also clarify what a farm is. Is it the one of five or ten trees? What is our requirement of a farm? Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support."
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