President Ruto Issues an Official Statement on the Recent Ban Of Muguka by Some Counties.
President Ruto Issues an Official Statement on the Recent Ban Of Muguka by Some Counties: Yesterday at State House, A meeting between President William Ruto and Embu County leadership addressed recent ban on Muguka by some counties.
The Statement Read;
There have been concerns over the recent ban of Mügûka by some counties. As a result, President William Ruto has this evening met the leadership of Embu County led by Governor Cecily Mbarire, who was accompanied by the deputy governor, the senator, the women representative, Members of National Assembly and all Members of the County Assembly.
Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi, who was also at the meeting, informed the meeting that Műgűka, a variety of Miraa, is a scheduled crop in accordance with the Crops Act 2013 and the Miraa Regulations 2023.
With Mũgūka having been recognised by national legislation, any other laws or order that contradicts national legislation is null and void.
The Crops Act 2013 and the Miraa Regulations 2023 were passed by the National Assembly and the Senate and with the concurrence of the Council of Governors.
Having been passed by Parliament, the regulations obligate the Government to allocate funds for the farming, licencing, promotion, regulation, transportation, aggregation, selling, marketing and export of the crop.
To operationalise the Crops Act 2013 the regulation provide for the establishment of the Miraa/Műgűka Pricing Committee.
Consequently, the Council of Governors has already nominated three members to the committee.
The regulations also provide for a Miraa/Műgűka Standard Code of Practice which will regulate the farming, licencing, promotion, regulation, transportation, aggregation, selling, marketing and export of the crop.
To address concerns of all parties and stakeholders the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is directed to convene a consultative forum to address concerns raised and agree on the implementation of the Miraa/Műgūka Regulations 2023.
The future of Miraa/Műgűka is in scaling up farming, aggregation, grading, pricing, packaging and value addition of the crop.
For this reason, the government has committed to allocate KSh500 million in the 2024/25 Financial Year for value addition of these scheduled crops.
The Government affirms its commitment in the fight against drugs, illicit brews and other illegal substances.
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