Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to join and support my colleague, the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, but with a few variations. We cannot have budgets being prepared when things are different on the ground. The Chairman has read the...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it should be New Clause 92A and not New Clause 91. New Clause 92A is the one talking about penalties. New Clause 91A is dissemination of market information. So, I do not know if it was wrongly put there. (Loud...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The New Clause 54C (1) which says: “A coffee miller and a marketing agent shall not lend to farmers on interest” should be removed. It should say that they shall lend to farmers on interest-free terms. So, they...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairman. Clause 42D

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair. I want to know the justification of the Chairman increasing the fine from Kshs 20,000 to Kshs 500,000. What is the justification of such a big increase from what is in the Bill and what he is proposing?

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Chairman. I want to draw the attention of the Chairman to Clause 42B (4) where it states thus: “Where a farmer has entered into an agreement with an organization representing the interest of such farmer, the Board and every dealer...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (Imenti North, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I draw the attention of the Chair of the Committee to where it says that, “the Board shall register warehousemen”. It should be gender sensitive as well. I do not know if the Chair of the Committee will further amend...

Hon. Dawood Rahim (North Imenti, JP) Sorry, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wanted to comment on the other one but I did not catch your eye. Question, that the new clause be read a Second Time, put and agreed to) (The new clause was read a Second Time) (Question, that...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Okay. Hon. Chairman, where it states: “Where a farmer has entered into an agreement with an organization representing the interest of such farmer, the Board and every dealer in coffee shall respect and enable the carrying out of the terms of such agreement, including...

Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I agree with Hon. Bader from Msambweni. I join him in supporting this Petition as well. April 12, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 4 Hon. Rahim Dawood (North Imenti, JP)As my colleague from Tharaka has said, we have an issue....