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"content": "Hon. Speaker, there will be a serious crisis in the agricultural sector because there are no regulations to govern the operations of the new Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Act. The Cabinet Secretary took over office in May, 2013. It is envisaged that the Act will become operational six months after it has been assented â that is by 24th July, 2013. Going by this timeline, we have only seven days left. We are supposed to elect eight directors countrywide to run the Authority. We are supposed to source a Chief Executive Director, through a competitive process, to run the Authority. All this cannot happen within the remaining seven days. That is why I request the House to give us an extension of six months to allow the Cabinet Secretary to put in place structures and systems under which the Authority can become operational and repeal the rest of the outdated Acts relating to the agricultural sector. Therefore, I seek the indulgence of the House to support this Motion. Hon. Speaker, I call upon the Vice-Chairman of the Committee to second the Motion."
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