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    "content": "We further more wish to organize and structure agricultural research to be in line with the international best practices, so that the farmers here can benefit and be able to compete properly internationally. As a matter of fact, unless we are really organized in this way, we cannot benefit from any other research outside Kenya. It is, therefore, very important that when we deal with external people, they know exactly where they should go to get the research. You will be aware that while the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), for example, has very modern cassava, and I think a few of the universities such as Jomo Kenyattta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has the modern bananas, these come to the farmers through various ways. If we have what we are seeking, then, we can co-ordinate and disseminate this information through the extension workers and share across the country scientifically. This is what we seek to do because currently we are spending money in haphazard ways. We are unable to fund targeted research because research is so spread out. We now want to avoid that duplication, target what we want to do and streamline all our research, so as to better contribute to the development in the agricultural sector. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we could go on about this, but it is very simple and straight forward issue which is very important. Hon. Dr. Otichilo was talking about the research in the Katahena Agreement, which I am sure he remembers, if he has arrived, that I brought to this House in another capacity. As it is now, if you remember when we had diseases this year, we had to run around between so many institutions to find out who had better research. Perhaps, if we had co-ordinated research, it would not have taken us so long to be able to come to terms with what we could do about those diseases. This is because the research information would be in one place, or people would be commissioned all at once and then we would use all our collective information to, in fact, develop and effect development for this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to request hon. E.I. Mohamed to second."
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