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    "id": 945825,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mavoko, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Patrick Makau",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Makau King'ola",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand guided. However, if you look at the mandate and functions of KMC, this Bill squarely sits in the mandate of KMC. If I wanted to be a bit lenient, I would say that this Bill should be introduced as part of KMC’s mandate so that KMC can be seen to be making use of its mandate as an agency which this country started as a pilot scheme and was very successful. Government-in, Government-out, there have been many boards at the KMC. They just allocate money to KMC and the meat is planned for even before it lands at KMC. I have issues with Members who say that KMC is a hole where we just put money. Is there not a Government agency that can arrest the board members and recover the monies that have been stolen from KMC? If we were serious, KMC would be one of the blue-chip companies in this country. I agree that pastoralist communities are the main suppliers of meat to KMC. We cannot start introducing other authorities that will compete with KMC, as much as we talk about relevance. It is true that we can include the mandate of KMC in this Bill so as to empower it and give it meat to chew rather than just allow the commissioners to run the board yet they cannot compete. The hides and skins that are produced by KMC cannot compete internationally. This is because of the international standards regarding the pesticides we use. Botswana learnt from us. Now they are way ahead of us. The whole of the Middle East and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) import meat from Botswana. We should find out where the rain started beating us. We cannot keep on killing our own, yet we introduce other authorities. We are talking about the Punguza Mzigo Bill. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) says that Members of Parliament should not be paid, yet we are the same Parliament that is unnecessarily introducing other authorities. We cannot keep on increasing the number of authorities that enjoy money from the Exchequer. With a lot of respect, Hon. Bashir, I request this House to consider anchoring this Bill to the KMC’s mandate. I support the Bill to be anchored on KMC, but on its own, I oppose it in totality."
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