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    "id": 860053,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, clause 3 of the Bill be amended— (a) by deleting sub-clause (3) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause— (3) The Council shall consist of— (a) a chairperson appointed by the President; (b) the Principal Secretary for the time being responsible for matters related to agriculture or a representative; (c) the Principal Secretary for the time being responsible for matters related to finance or a representative; (d) the Principal Secretary for the time being responsible for matters related to trade or a representative; (e) the Attorney-General or a representative; (f) the Director-General of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Authority or a representative; (g) one person nominated by the Council of Governors; (h) two other persons appointed by the Cabinet Secretary; (i) the chief executive officer of the Council. I want to make it clear that it is about the composition. This is one of the first such pieces of legislation in our country. It does not hurt anybody. Why do we have warehouse and receipts? We want to introduce efficiency help farmers. But, if at the outset, we introduce amorphous organisations, we will create bureaucratic systems where these organisation for them to run their day to day operations, they will ask for certain amounts of money to be paid to them. The cost will go up. Once we put this law in place, with the Council of Governors and sector Cabinet Secretaries represented; if after six months professional bodies related to this law are formed, we can come and amend the Warehouse Receipt System Act, 2018. I made a mistake when I supported the bankers. They cannot be there because they are supposed to offer and cannot sit in the council. There will be conflict of interest. When you offer service of a warehouse, it is the customer who will go to the bank to get a guarantee. So, there is no way we can have the bank sitting in the council. All of us know the Consumer Federation of Kenya. They are amorphous. They are not even registered. I agree with Hon. Wanyonyi that there are countries... When people in this country see a piece of legislation, in anticipation they form organisations. These organisations were formed when they realised this law was in the House. This is a very new law. Let us first put the necessary infrastructure in law now. This Bill is coming from the Senate. With these amendments, the Bill will end up in the Mediation Committee because we have proposed serious amendments to the Committee of the whole House. The Ministry has written to me and other Members that they have amendments. So, we will end up in mediation. I ask the Chair of the Committee to agree with me that for now let us keep the council lean, the three Principal Secretaries who are relevant, Director General of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Authority, the Attorney-General in case of a legal matter, a member nominated by the Council of Governors because warehouse will happen in counties and then we will have a person to be nominated by the Cabinet Secretary who could represent the organisation you are saying. Then we have the CEO. I beg to move. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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