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New agriculture laws may hurt economic growth, leave millions of Kenyans jobless

Jamila Patunoi, a farmer in Laikipia North, tends her crops last month. Governors have expressed concerns over new agriculture laws. They say that the new Acts passed last year will result in double regulation and taxation. FILE

It is almost a year since the Tenth Parliament passed the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) Act 2013, the Crops Act 2013 and the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act 2013.

The three pieces of legislation were crafted against the backdrop of the proposal by the Kenya Vision 2030 Medium Term Plan of “consolidating agricultural policy reform legislation” and the Agriculture Sector Development Strategy.

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