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    "id": 980681,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/980681/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. George Gitonga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "George Gitonga Murugara",
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    "content": "Subsequently, the Ministry enacted another Act creating an authority that amalgamated and collapsed other crops-related authorities into one. That authority was the AFA. The Act was enacted in 2013 and the death knell was pinned on sugar-cane and tea. We had a problem with coconut, pyrethrum, cotton, horticulture, sisal and coffee. Unfortunately, I do not see any cereals here. My constituency is well known for being the food basket of the country, not only producing maize and beans, but also millet, sorghum, cow peas, pigeon peas, green grams and other crops. While we look at the Tea Bill today, it divorces tea from the Crops Act, which in my view, is a noble act. This is a move that should lead the way for all the other crops that I have named. Therefore, the establishment of the Tea Board of Kenya should lead the way in divorcing these other authorities from AFA to independent institutions with their own boards to cater for the crops. I also wish to point out that while we are looking at these crops, especially tea, by extension, let us look at cereals through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). We can also bring Acts relating to these crops. This is the appropriate time for me to call upon the Ministry of Agriculture to do this. Let us have these Bills coming over and a particular board taking care of these crops, especially green grams; ndengu, which is grown in the marginalised areas of the country like Tharaka in Tharaka-Nithi, Kitui, Embu, Mbeere and other places. Let us have these crops looked at, so that they can be brought to the same purview of the crop we are discussing today. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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