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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you. I will try to utilise the three minutes because I will only concentrate on one statement from Sen. Wetangula, basically because I studied agriculture in my Bachelor of Science (BSc.). We were shocked to learn that there is somebody in this age and time, who is looking for synthetic fertiliser instead of organic fertiliser; and that, a policy is coming out to ban organic fertiliser while we know that in most parts of the developed world, you buy products that have been nurtured organically at a premium price. You have asked the Committee to look into this statement, and I would like it to question the quality of the policy makers. It is possible that we have a mixed grill of policy makers currently yet devolution was supposed to direct people who have expertise, right from the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs), Principal Secretaries (PSs) and below so that this country is run by experts. This is the reason we all supported the fact that we did not want elected people to be CSs. It is for the same reason that we needed more expertise so that people deal with things professionally. So, it was shocking that somebody can oppose organic manure yet the world over; we are being told that synthetic fertiliser is supposed to be eliminated, because of the 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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