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    "id": 938507,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndwiga",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njeru Ndwiga",
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    "content": "(1) The Potato Produce and Marketing Bill. (2) The Mung Bean Bill. (3) The Fisheries Management and Development Amendment Bill. (4) The Kenya Meat Commission (Amendment) Bill. On the Potato Produce and Marketing Bill and the Fisheries Management and Development (Amendment) Bill, the Committee carried out pre-publications scrutiny of the Bills and recommended that the Bills proceed for publication. With regard to the proposed Mung Bean Bill, the Committee held a public hearing forum on 19th September, 2019 in Kitui County during the Senate sittings in Kitui County. The Public Hearing Forum was well attended with representation from the County Executive, the County Assembly, and cooperatives in the mung bean industry and farmers. The Committee received numerous views on the proposed Bill and is in the process of collating submissions with a view to providing recommendations to the hon. Speaker on the matter. With regard to pre-publication scrutiny of the Kenya Meat Commission Bill, the Committee carried out a pre-publication scrutiny on the Bill and shall submit its comments on the Bill to the Speaker within the course of the week. Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding Statements, pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1), three Statements were referred to the Committee during the period under review. The Committee held a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, livestock, Fisheries and Irrigation and his team on 3rd July 2019 and on 11th September 2019, with regard to Statements which were sought by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo and Sen. Faki respectively, on the fall armyworm invasion in the North Rift and the construction of Kenya Fisheries Services headquarters in South C, Nairobi. The other Statement was sought by Sen. (Prof.) Margaret Kamar, MP, on the Status of Implementation of the Resolutions of the ad hoc Committee on Maize. The Cabinet Secretary vide a letter dated 24th September, 2019, has requested for time for the recommendations of the Maize Industry Taskforce to be processed and directions given by the appointing authority on the overall direction of the recommendations. The Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary to discuss the same on Wednesday, 20th November, 2019. With regard to petitions, the Committee considered one Petition concerning the challenges facing small-scale tea farmers in the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) which was committed to the Committee on 18th June, 2019. The Committee met with the petitioner and KTDA on 11th July, 2019 where it emerged that the issues raised in the Petition were sub judice and, therefore, the Committee was unable to consider the matters raised therein. The Committee tabled a report on the Petition in the Senate. During the period under review, the Committee met with stakeholders including the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association (BIBA), SeedCo., and the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health to discuss the ban on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the dangers of using glyphosate (RoundUp herbicide)."
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