Kenya: National Assembly, Senate to form team to unlock mung beans bills impasse

Nairobi — The National Assembly has rejected the Mung Beans Bill, (Senate Bill No. 13 of 2022) at the second reading stage. The Mung Beans Bill, 2022, co-sponsored by Mwingi North MP Paul Nzengu in the National Assembly and originally sponsored by Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua in the Senate was published on 30th December 2022 and was read for the First Time in the Senate on 15th February 2023. The Bill was passed in the Senate and referred to the National Assembly on 21st February 2024. The Mung Beans Bill, 2022 seeks to facilitate and develop a framework that will regulate and promote the mung bean industry in Kenya, ensuring that it thrives both locally and internationally. The Bill also seeks to promote the use of Mung Beans by the National and County Governments in the implementation of feeding programmes and to facilitate the introduction of modern Mung beans farming techniques and general modernization of the Mung bean industry for cost control and productivity improvement. ...