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    "id": 474289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nooru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2238,
        "legal_name": "Adan Mohamed Nooru",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT the Bill be amended in the Schedule— (a) in the proposed amendments to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act, 2013 (No. 13 of 2013) (i) by deleting the proposed amendment to section 5(e). (ii) by deleting paragraph (h)’’; (iii) by deleting the proposed amendment to section 5(4); (iv) by inserting the following new provision in its proper numerical sequence— Provision Amendment s.5(4)(a) Delete paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and substitute therefor the following new subsection— “(a) be persons who have expertise qualification and experience in agriculture, finance, law, administration, human resource management or any other relevant qualification as the appointing authority may determine” (v) by inserting the following new amendment in its proper numerical sequence — Provision Amendment s.10(1) Delete subsection (1) and substitute therefor the following new subsection- “(1) There shall be a Director General who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority to be recruited by the Board of the Authority through a competitive process.’’ Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I intend to amend the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act, 2013. I propose deletion of the proposed amendment to Section 5(e). Section 5(e) is about Agriculture Secretary. Instead of that we should have the Principal Secretary for Lands. This is because the Secretary for Agriculture is already represented on the Authority. He or she is already a member of the Board. So, we are replacing him with the Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Land. We are also removing the representative of the Land Commission in Paragraph (h) of the same Act. This is because there is no need to have the Principal Secretary for Ministry of Lands and at the same time have the representative of the National Commission. I intend to delete the proposed amendment to Section 5(4) on the members of the Board. They are talking of competitive appointment of the Board, yet the Board is just part time. There is no need of subjecting them to competitive appointment. The last one section (iv), is an amendment to insert a new provision in its proper numerical sequence. It is about deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (4) and substituting therefor the following new subsection: “(a) be persons who have expertise qualification and experience in agriculture, finance, law, administration, human resource management or any other relevant qualification as the appointing authority may determine” Originally this was about the agriculture sector only. The Chief Executive of the Board should be an agricultural person. So, we are going to allow wide experience of professionals, so that many Kenyans can apply for this substantive post of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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