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    "id": 831056,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Seme, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal",
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    "content": "processors and the traders who will be buying the cereal. I support this Bill because, first and foremost, it seeks to establish a council that will oversee the whole process. The Bill proposes how the council will be formed, its functions, how its members will be appointed, how the officers will be picked and what they will do. Again, as is required, the warehouses where farmers will store their produce must be licensed, and must be inspected from time to time to confirm that they are being run in accordance with the law. That aspect has been included in this Bill. There is need for an elaborate system to make sure that the receipt that the farmer is issued with is valid all the time, and that it cannot be used for theft. It is also important that a system is established to ensure that warehouse receipts can be negotiated. A farmer will not need to carry the produce; he just walks around with the receipt. In that case, there must be a way of handling that receipt. That is provided in this law. The warehouse operators will have a big responsibility. Therefore, their obligations to the farmers must be in law. Also, there must a negotiation system of how the receipts can be transferred or even used in banks or cooperative societies to secure loans. That is in place. They have even established an appeals committee so that if there is any dispute between a farmer and a warehouse owner or trader, it can be resolved. I support this Bill, but I must caution that it is a very complex system. When we put it in place, the systems must work. If it works well, the NCPB will definitely die. I do not think we need it. In my view, it has given us a lot of problems. Thank you."
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