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    "id": 676053,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/676053/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nooru",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2238,
        "legal_name": "Adan Mohamed Nooru",
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    "content": "The Act talks about ways of making potatoes 50 Kilogrammes plus five or 10. We already have developed standards for all the varieties of crops to be just 50 Kgs, whether they are potatoes, sugar or rice. That is the standard that has been developed in the Crops Act which was recently amended. Therefore, the issue of having two regulations whereby one talks about 50 plus five or 10 kilogrammes and the other talks about 50 kilogrammes in the same nation, is a duplication. The final issue is about the funding of the Council. The Bill proposes the Council to be funded through levies. Recently, under the wise leadership of His Excellency the President Uhuru Kenyatta, he waived levies on sugar, coffee and tea, so that farmers can get relief. This levy was used to administer the regulatory bodies and at the same time to fund research institutions. The Government has already taken over the burden of funding research institutions while the Exchequer has taken over the issue of funding regulatory bodies. Introducing another levy to fund a Council on potatoes alone when we are trying to reduce levies on other commodities will not augur well. The Committee recommends that we reject this Bill. It recommends that the Bill is inconsistent with existing legislations. The Bill creates duplication of roles of Authorities in attempt to duplicate the functions of existing Authorities, namely, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA), the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) and the Crops Act. I beg to move and oppose."
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