New maize board to license millers, control sector under proposed law News 2 hours ago

The last PBO option to the committee is to reject the draft Bill, a move which will mean that the maize sector will continue to be governed by the Crops Act, 2013, NCPB Act, 1985, AFA Act, 2013, and Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act, 2013 The committee will now consider all the options before submitting its report to the Speaker on whether the draft proposal should be published as a Bill and introduced to the House for first reading.

In its first option, the budget office has advised the committee to adopt the proposal in its current form, a move that would mean the maize sector will be governed by a stand-alone board responsible for the regulation, development, and promotion of maize.

In its second option, the budget office has advised the committee to consider amending the bill to reduce implementation costs by including a provision that the staff and resources of the respective maize departments in AFA and KALRO be transferred to the Maize Board of Kenya and the Maize Research Institute, respectively.