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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee prepared a Motion to revive the Kenya Farmers Association (KFA). This Motion was moved by the Chairman of the Committee on the cost of living requesting the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, to extend a grant of Kshs1.3 billion to KFA. It was discussed and adopted by Parliament on Wednesday, 17th August, 2011. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Committee on Implementation takes over this matter to ensure that the Government allocates this money to KFA immediately as resolved by Parliament. We will not go into the details of why this is necessary, because that was canvassed when the Motion was moved in this House. There is the Motion urging the Government to grant the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) Kshs2 billion to enable it provide appropriate leave to both crop and livestock farmers. Again, the Committee prepared this Motion after listening to farmers around the country. I remember when we were in Narok, it was really sad to see farmers literally shedding tears because they had been given warning letters that their property was going to be sold, and they lost their crops due to bad weather. Many people suffered losses as a result of the prolonged drought that affected many parts of the country earlier in the year, 2011. This Motion was approved by the Speaker and is awaiting discussion and adoption by the House. I am aware that it has actually been moved, but not concluded by the House. I would urge this hon. House to consider it favourably. Again, I want to mention here that some farmers were complaining that farmers in other regions of this country had their loans written off by the Government. They were wondering why they were left out. There is also the Motion urging the Government to stop privatisation of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) until ownership of its assets is settled. The Committee established, after listening to dairy farmers in various parts of the country, that they had a majority stake in the assets of the original KCC before it was converted to the New KCC. That shareholding in the New KCC was never conclusively determined and yet the New KCC was in the process of privatisation. So, the Committee through its Chairman prepared this Motion which is pending before Parliament for discussion and adoption. I want to go to sector specific recommendations. After concluding its programmes of public hearings and analyzing the information it received, the Committee puts forward the following short term and long term recommendations:- One, on the oil sub-sector we have made a number of recommendations. About the Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC), the Committee is recommending that the Ministry of Energy should introduce and enforce stiff penalties for storing products in the pipeline for a longer duration as I mention earlier. The KPC should develop rules that ensure space in pipeline is shared between marketers. The Government, through the Ministry of Energy, should urgently overhaul line one of the Kenya Pipeline running from Mombasa to Nairobi. It has outlived its useful life and is now a health hazard."
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