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𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐏 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄, 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓

The National Assembly has passed the Crops (Amendment) Bill, 2023. The Bill sponsored by Hon. Tandaza Kassim seeks to officially recognize Achiote locally known as "𝘔𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪"as a scheduled crop under the Crops Act No. 16 of 2013 to revitalize the agricultural sector and empower coastal farmers.

𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

The National Assembly has passed the Forest Conservation and Management (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 38 of 2025).

The Bill introduces a robust and forward-looking legal framework aimed at enhancing sustainable forest management, strengthening regulatory oversight, and promoting community participation in conservation efforts.

Legislators underscored that the amendments are designed to respond to emerging realities in forestry, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and the need for accountable governance structures.

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