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    "id": 873127,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/873127/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Kamar",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 33,
        "legal_name": "Margaret Jepkoech Kamar",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we need to review The NCPB Act and the Public Finance Management Act with a view to realigning and reconciling their mandates to the devolved system of Government. This one is very important because, unless we change the law, everybody is behaving as though it is business as usual. However, our interest, even as we are lined up, is that we have strongly recommended that the NCPB be devolved completely so that the counties that are producing maize can have their silos and storage. We need to even build a relationship between these blocks that we have amongst counties so that the block that produces can actually be able to trade directly with the block that is consuming. That will change the way we do our things. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Irrigation must develop regulations and guidelines. We are giving him an opportunity to bring this within 45 days so that within one year, we have regulations on how to import produce. County governments should also proactively take up their agricultural function, as I had mentioned earlier, and have aggregation centres for maize not far from the farmers. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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