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    "id": 977162,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/977162/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, EFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yussuf Adan",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13420,
        "legal_name": "Adan Haji Yussuf",
        "slug": "adan-haji-yussuf-2"
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    "content": "latest variety of coffee was developed 10 years ago. With climate change, things are moving very fast. New pests and diseases are coming on board, and we require new varieties so as to curb those new diseases and new pests. If we rely on the variety that was developed over 10 years ago, with the climate change, then we are in danger. We may soon be categorised as a country that does not produce coffee at all. We may be unable to compete in this global village. There was this Executive Order No. 1 of 2013. This Order, I think, has seriously interfered with the coffee industry by putting together all those institutions that were working very well under an institution that is up to date dormant. From the time it was formed to date, it is dormant. As my colleagues have already said, AFA up to date does not have a functional board, which means no final decisions can be made; which means there is no forward movement; which means there is only money for recurrent expenditure, with people sitting there to earn salaries doing nothing. Before these institutions were put together, and when they were being funded, the research scientists were very competitive. They used to compete among themselves. They would boast of developing various varieties or disease-resistant varieties. Such scientists used to be rewarded. And they used to earn good names within the agriculture sector. Today, they are all seated, waiting for salaries for doing nothing. We are paying people salaries for doing nothing. Therefore, the earlier these recommendations are implemented to the letter, the better. With that, I support this Motion and hope it will be implemented soon. Thank you."
}