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    "content": "items or products, so that we ensure that Kenya becomes food-sufficient. It is a challenge that Eritrea, which is a very small country, sustains herself on matters touching on food. If you drive from Nairobi all the way to Busia, you will see large tracts of land that have not been tilled. This year, where I come from, almost 40 per cent of the land was not tilled because farmers feared that they were going to lose their crop to the maize disease. So, this Bill is very urgent. I, therefore, urge that this Bill be passed with amendments, to include other inputs. It is important for us to also note that as much as we talk about fertilizer, planting is seasonal. We cannot have a board that will be active for only a few months in a year. Madam Temporary Speaker, many Kenyans depend on agriculture. In my county, pyrethrum, potatoes, maize and other cereals are the main cash crops that our farmers depend on for their living. In Nakuru, pyrethrum is a dead industry. A lot of efforts and money has been put to revive the industry. I, therefore, urge the Ministry to realise that the farmers are looking at us and they will make a decision in 2017. Their decision would apparently be based on whatever we are doing for them now. I, therefore, ask the Ministry to take the issue of pyrethrum in Nakuru County very seriously. It is two years down the line and nothing has happened. Madam Temporary Speaker, the other day, the weight of potatoes was standardized but the enforcement of that policy has become a big challenge. Kenya is not an island. If it is 50 kilogrammes, the people who are supposed to ensure that potatoes are packaged in 50 kilogramme bags should ensure that, it is fully enforced. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those few remarks, I conclude my contribution with a request for amendments to this particular Bill."
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