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    "id": 647057,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, first, I congratulate the Mover of this Motion who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for his able leadership. As part and parcel of the Mediation Committee, it was natural when we met, that all other lawyers - we are all lawyers except Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale - submitted generously and automatically to the leadership of the senior counsel. He did a fantastic job in leading us in so far as the mediation of this Bill is concerned. As Sen. Wako has said, the outcome of this Bill is what we had already debated here. There are very little new things that we can say were added to it because we had debated and passed it after making thorough amendments. Some of the salient features that people must know that we were dealing with were matters of land law, reorganizing the Urban Areas and Cities Act to give the definition of what a town or municipality is to become something that can be achieved. This is unlike the initial law that I was part of drafting which was more ambitious in terms of what a town or municipality was to be. This led to impossibility of designation of municipalities, towns and cities around the country. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as the Chairperson mentioned, the Transition Authority (TA) was rightfully overtaken by time. We agreed with the National Assembly on that. I do not think that there is any quarrel any more even for us who had a contrary opinion and believed that the TA need not continue beyond the transition period; this issue sorted itself out in so far as time is concerned. It is also important to note that the Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Authority Act was amended to give effect to what already exists in the separation of various roles within the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries as parastatals but to also ensure that we have proper capturing of the roles of county governments in these institutions. We also have a very important amendment on the Crops Act which is very important for our brothers and sisters in Meru region in terms of designation of miraa as one of the crops. This will enable us to intervene. One of the things that made it so difficult for the Government to intervene on the miraa issue was the absence of its definition as a crop. That made it very difficult to give it allocation because it was not even under the administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. It was just a plant hanging out there at the mercy of the farmers. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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