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    "content": "and hence there is likelihood to be a lot influence from the national Government on the operations of the board. In addition, it seeks to provide for the appointment, by the President, of the chairperson of the board as is the case with parastatals established pursuant to The State Corporations Act. The amendment also takes into account the fact that the first and second schedules which set out the major potato producing and consuming counties in the country from which farmer representatives are to nominated has been proposed to be repealed. This is owing to the fact that the board should cater for the interest of potato farmers, consumers and potato industry in the entire country and not just counties that currently undertake potato farming and consumption. In addition, the fact that a county is a major producing or consuming county may change in the future and hence it would be inappropriate to list these counties in the Bill. The proposed amendment also seeks to ensure that there is representation from persons from various sectors within the potato industry, including potato farmers, research institutions, trading organizations and seed producers in order to ensure that the interest of persons involved in the potato industry are catered for. Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, the amendment also compels the CS to take into account the one third gender rule in making the nominations which is the principle that is set out under the Constitution. The amendment to paragraph 11 seeks to curb the number of persons who can be co-opted into the board, to two, in order to avoid having a board with too many persons. Thank you."
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