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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Washiali",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Jomo Washiali",
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    "content": "The third petition was brought to us by Hon. Kinyua Weru, on behalf of Mr. Joseph Gachagua, on the matter of the election of the chairperson of the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK). I am also happy to report that the report is ready and it is awaiting adoption by the Committee on Tuesday, 27 October 2015 which will be next week. There is the fourth petition by Hon. Victor Munyaka who is also our Member, on behalf of the stakeholders of the Kenya Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU) regarding the removal of the Commissioner of Cooperatives. This is ongoing and we are waiting to meet the Principal Secretary (PS) for industrialisation who will be our final witness. Once we receive evidence from the PS, we will quickly write a report and have it tabled as soon as possible. Last but not least, we have a petition by Hon. Bett Kipkirui on behalf of small-scale tea farmers from Bomet County regarding the alleged change of the management model of Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) to Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA). The Committee commences to consider the petition tomorrow, Thursday, 22nd October, 2015 by meeting the petitioners. I am sure Hon. Bett Kirui has been notified and the representatives of the small-scale tea farmers from Bomet County. Those are the five petitions that are still pending before this Committee. We have another investigative report on inquiry which we are yet to table on impoundment of alleged sub- standard fertiliser at the airport which was imported by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) and other private entities. The report is ready for adoption on Friday 23rd October 2015. Thereafter it will be written and tabled in this House. We also have pending reports on foreign visits. This is very important because every time Members of the Committee go out, we ask them to write reports when they come back. We have about four reports that are pending. One is the Inter-Ministerial Coordination Committee on the Organisation of Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) meeting in Mauritius which took place between 2nd and 4th of September, this year. The report is ready and we shall have it tabled on Tuesday, 22nd October 2015. We also have another report from our Committee. This one is on Global Index Insurance Conference of the World Bank on financing of the agriculture sector at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France which took place between 14th and 17th September this year. I am happy to report that the report has been adopted and we will be tabling it in this House on 22nd which will be next Tuesday. On foreign visits, we have Inspection Visit on Test Bench for Ocean Patrol Vessel in Freight Schiefen, Germany. There are members of our Committee who went to Germany and they have come up with a report which has been adopted and we intend to table it on Tuesday. There is the last report that involved me going to Brazil to attend the 8th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Sub-Committee on Aquaculture which was held in Brasilia, Brazil between 5th and 9th. We have already written the report. It will be adopted on Monday and be tabled on 27th. There is another report that has already been tabled on the crisis in the sugar sector and it is awaiting debate and adoption."
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