{"id":8678,"date":"2021-06-11T17:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graduatefarmer.co.ke\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T14:41:39","slug":"proposed-bill-on-beekeeping-has-collapsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graduatefarmer.co.ke\/?p=8678","title":{"rendered":"Proposed Bill on Beekeeping has collapsed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beekeepers can now relax as the 2021 Livestock Bill has been suspended. Many farmers in Kenya have complained about this bill which was starting to become a sting painful than that of the bee itself. The bill sought to prohibit farmers from keeping bees<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for commercial purposes except in an apiary or home of bees registered by the government.<\/p>\n

This bill<\/a><\/span> has faced a lot of resistance from farmers in Kenya whose cries were eventually heard by parliament. Through the intervention of Justin Muturi, Speaker of the National Assembly, the bill was halted.<\/p>\n

Mr. Muturi told lawmakers that he had received a request from Majority Leader Amos Kimunya to withdraw the controversial proposed legislation.<\/p>\n

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I have seen a lot of comments about beekeeping, I think that is one of the issues that have raised a lot of concerns. Let the originators of the bill consult further, he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Beekeepers can now relax as the 2021 Livestock Bill has been suspended. Many farmers in Kenya have complained about this bill which was starting to become a sting painful than that of the bee itself. The bill sought to prohibit farmers from keeping bees\u00a0for commercial purposes except in an apiary or home of bees registered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[119,128],"tags":[385,1305],"class_list":["post-8678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-livestock-farming","category-whats-on-the-news","tag-beekeeping-bill-in-kenya","tag-livestock-bill-2021"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t