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    "id": 332534,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona",
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        "legal_name": "Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the Minister for consolidating the different activities that relate to agriculture broadly defined. I only want to just raise some concerns in relation to the Bill. One, if you look at the Constitution, the national Government has a policy mandate in relation to agriculture. If you look at the county governments, the functions and powers of the county governments are agriculture including crop and animal husbandry, livestock and county abattoirs, plant and animal disease control and fisheries. Therefore, my concern is that if you actually look at the way the Bill is crafted, it gives the bigger role to the national Government on issues of agriculture when, indeed, this role should be the issue of county governments. If you do not look at it very carefully, it might be a cause of conflict. I, therefore, would want to suggest that we have a voice of counties provided in the board so that you do not have a conflict because this body is for the national Government but it will be implemented by govenors who will see themselves as semi- presidents and they might see that this is the national Government pushing issues down their throats where they have not participated. So, even though transitionally you would consider that the county governments in a sense are involved, because we see it as both the Senate and the national Government, I would want to suggest that so that we avoid that conflict, you provide for the Board to have either a nominee of the governor’s panel or find a way of providing representation of the county government. I have heard the Minister speaking about the issues of livestock. I have heard the Chairman of the Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives Committee trying to convince us very unconvincly why livestock has been removed. I would want to suggest that it be retained. If there is any need for lobbying, it should be Members of Parliament to be lobbied, but I have not been lobbied and I have not been convinced because the Chairman has not really given any tangible reasons as to why we should divorce livestock. Even if"
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