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    "id": 334066,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kioni",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you most sincerely for this opportunity. I want to commend the Minister and the Ministry officials for this Bill that is before us. It is puzzling to see or remember that we have always said agriculture is the mainstay of our economy. It has taken us about 40 years to repeal some of the sections of the Act or even some of the laws that have made this industry not very useful to many who have tried a hand at it. All the same, I think it is better late than never. We want to thank the Minister for having come to deal with the laws that have not been very kind to farmers. As I stand to support this Bill, I am almost at the same point as Dr. Kones where you are not quite certain that you are supporting this Bill for the good of the farmer or you will be doing justice to the farmer. We have faith in the Minister and the Ministry officials. I know we are pressed for time but I believe this is the kind of Bill that requires the kind of work the Minister is doing so that we can quite understand what the Ministry wants to achieve. Other than just consolidating the Acts together under one Bill, what is the greater good in that exercise? I hope there will be time for one to get convinced. I want to support the Bill all the same. I believe that by the time we come to the Third Reading, a number of issues that are not clear will have been cleared. Again a number of the issues I wanted to mention may have been mentioned but let me just mention them. One is that I am encouraged by Section 12 because it appears we are now encouraging even the private sector to get to a point where perhaps we can produce fertilizers for ourselves. I also recognize that in Section 13, we are repealing the Pyrethrum Act Cap.340 which has"
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