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    "content": "out a list of counties in the First and Second Schedules of major potato producing and consuming counties in which the committees will be established. The proposed amendment will ensure that the committee is only established in the area where it is necessary to establish one. It also does away with the disadvantage that would arise of setting out, in the Bill, the major potato producing and consuming counties in which the committees will be established. This is owing to the fact that the status of a county as a major potato producing or consuming county may change with time. This would, therefore, necessitate an amendment to the Act to reflect the change. The best option would, therefore, be to leave it to the discretion of the Board, in consultation with the Council of County Governors, which would be best placed to advise given the fact that agriculture is now devolved. Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, the amendment to sub-clause 2 seeks to reduce the number of members to the county potato committee from ten to eight members and to allow for representation in the committee of persons representing potato farmers and the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member responsible for trade. This would ensure that the major players in the potato industry within a county are adequately represented in the committee, hence, act as a way of ensuring that their interests are catered. The amendment to sub-clause (3) seeks to ensure that where the board determines that it would be necessary to establish a county potato committee in an urban county, in which there are no potato farmers, but other players and stakeholders in the potato industry are found, then the membership of the committee consists of persons nominated by an association of caterers and processors found within the county in order to represent the interests of such stakeholders in the board. The amendments to sub-clauses (5), (8) and (9) are consequential amendments to reflect the name."
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