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    "id": 578012,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I want to thank Hon. Washiali who was the Chairman of Mediation Committee and myself as the sponsor of this Bill who has taken forever, I want to thank the Senate. The Senate looked at this Bill critically and it added a lot of value as far as the improvement is concerned. We do know very well that fertilizer is very critical as far as the food security in this country is concerned. I come from Trans Nzoia region. The people of Trans Nzoia particularly have really suffered because we have had a lot of Government subsidized fertilizer but it does not find its way there. Different soils require different kinds of fertilizer. When you look at soil sampling in Trans Nzoia, Ukambani and Coast, the kind of fertilizer they require is totally different. With this Board in place, it is going to ensure that is looked into. However, in line with our Standing Orders, maybe to focus particularly on the mediated version and I am sure the able Hon. Washiali must have alluded to this, there were two critical issues. There was the issue of the Attorney-General to be on the Board vis-a-vis the issue of Director of Veterinary Services to be on the Board. In human medicine, the technical person is Director of Medical Services, the same way when it comes to matters of animal health because these Bill is concerning fertilizer and animal foodstuffs. When it comes to animals, the critical and technical person is the Director of Veterinary Services. In the issue of the technical aspect, we did a cost benefit analysis. I was a member of that Mediation Committee. It is obvious the Attorney-General has to play the critical role of being a legal advisor but when it comes to the technical matters it was important that the Director of Veterinary Services must be there because he is the technical person. He has done Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. He should be there so 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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