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    "id": 374771,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/374771/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In as much as I would like to support the amendments that have come, I think the Committee will have quite a task going ahead as this Bill is being processed to actually convince hon. Members; even as they listen to stakeholders as to the reasoning behind some parts of this Bill. It, indeed, does not make sense to consolidate the laws and regulations in the agriculture sector by creating an authority that almost rivals the Ministry itself; an authority that brings together different sub-sectors in agriculture when we are trying to move into specialization. The Committee should really convince us as to where the place of efficiency and specialization is on this. We would also like to hear the way forward on what the motivation was in removing the livestock sector the Leader of Majority Party has been speaking about here. Unless that is done, we will oppose this Bill. Really, it looks like we are only adding levels of bureaucracy and red tape in the agriculture sector and bringing together sub-sectors that have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. We have seen what certain parastatals specializing in different areas, whether it is coffee, tea or pyrethrum have been able to do in developing agriculture and different sub-sectors. So, in the absence of that and with the hope that by that time we shall be convinced, I support."
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