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Kenya: Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei should listen to members of the Agriculture Industry Network who are calling for the proposed amendments to the Food Act to be put on hold until Parliament returns from recess on January 20, 2014 after the Christmas break set for Thursday.
It is wrong for the cabinet secretary to seemingly brush aside the lobbyists’ arguments for they have merit and deserve to be taken on board. The cabinet secretary’s assertion that his ministry has consulted widely and took into consideration all the views from various stakeholders appear to deliberately miss the point when he further argues that “we cannot accommodate all the people at once but have tried to include views from everyone.’’
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