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    "content": "possible to process pyrethrin or pyrethroids. That is where the problem has been. But even those ones who do must demonstrate - hon. Kioni must love to hear this - that they have contracts with farmers, so that at the end of four months, when the crop is due, the farmer is not stuck with pyrethrins or pyrethroids; these are none consumable items and the farmer can be stuck with that kind of a product. So, there must be contractual obligations on the part of the producer and the processor, so that you produce for a reason. That contract must give a minimum guaranteed price. These are poisons, Members of Parliament. You cannot allow a farmer to do 20 acres of production of poison and then you leave it alone. Even if you leave it under poor storage conditions, you will still have other hinderances. There is good development happening in the Ministry of Agriculture. They are promoting something called receipt system. This warehouse receipt system will make it irrelevant for you to store maize. I was talking to a farmer from Nakuru last week; the farmer had done very well. She had 300 bags of very clean maize, but because of the scare of insects and afflotoxins she ended up selling that maize at a throw away price. Although a very well educated farmer, she did not know that you can take your produce to the National Cereals and Produce Board. They will give you a receipt and then you can sell when you want and they will preserve and conserve your produce so well. The instrument of trade that is more popular than MPESA is going to be warehouse receipt for agricultural produce. That is where this Ministry is going. I am told they are working out rules and regulations, so that these things are admissible and we shall review it when it will come to us. My Committee had the opportunity to interrogate all interested parties in this particular Bill; we are satisfied that this is the way to go. All your comments will be looked into by the Committee together with the Ministry, who have been very co- operative, to see the best way so that at the end of this Tenth Parliament we have a very good Bill. At the end of today, I am sure pyrethrum farmers, sugar cane farmers, coffee farmers and tea farmers will sleep well, knowing that this Bill will completely do away with brokers and will create a system that will be reliable and carefully thought out; that will come through this legislative process. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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