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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This Question is very sensitive because it is affecting the lives of many Kenyans. I asked it knowing very well that it is going to help many people but it seems that there is some conspiracy within the Government to run away from this sensitive Question. Would I be in order to request you as the Chair to instruct the Government to come up with a specific answer and particularly for the Ministry which is in charge because they keep on changing goal posts from one Ministry to the other?"
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"content": " Mr. Ojode, who is standing in for the Leader of Government Business? You need to listen to one or two points of order then you can respond together."
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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The issue of price of maize is a sensitive matter. It is so key that I thought the Government would take up this matter seriously. Indeed, I can now understand why these prices have skyrocketed when the price of maize has gone down because this Government does not care for the poor Kenyans. Would I be in order to request you to defer this Question and refer it to the Prime Minister so that he can decide which Ministry is going to answer it?"
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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We see a very lax Government. This Question was forwarded to the Ministry on the understanding of the Clerkâs Office that the Question belongs to that Ministry. So, when that Ministry received the Question and found that it was not meant to be answered by them, they did not have to wait for the time to lapse for it to come to the Order Paper. Instead, they should have redirected it as provided for under our Standing Orders. This is a situation where the Government avoids answering Questions and buys time by waiting for the Question to come to the Order Paper and then they revert it from the Floor of the House. If you make a ruling on this, let it be a standing rule that any Question that any Minister feels is wrongly referred should be redirected immediately."
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"legal_name": "Chirau Ali Mwakwere",
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think Mr. Kabogo did not understand what I said or what you read. What he says should have been done was actually done. The Question was redirected in accordance with our procedures in Parliament. The Ministries that were supposed to respond, that is, the Ministry of Agriculture which deals with the planting and harvesting of maize, purchasing and storage was informed. The Ministry of Finance that is mandated with the execution of the Price and Monopolies Act was also informed in very good time and there is nothing more we could do as the Ministry of Trade other than that. But we did the needful at the right time. May I mention here that what Mr. Kiuna has said that the Government is shifting goal posts and avoiding or delaying a response to this Question is not true. It is just a Question. A statement like that is totally uncalled for because the Government knows what it is doing."
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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have said on the Floor of this House that four families are controlling 67 per cent of the Unga or Flour Industry. We have said in this House that the high cost of living in Kenya is induced by cartels. The calculation of the price of flour based on the price of maize is an open formula and even a class eight pupil would come up with an answer. We cannot sit here to wait for Kenyans to continue sleeping hungry because their salaries are fixed and the Executive cannot apply a simple formula. A packet of unga should not be more than Kshs65. That is a fact. Even at Kshs2, 500 we are using a very inefficient conversion rate of 72 per cent. Is the Minister in order to constantly defend his colleague and this Government that they are doing something whereas we know that they are in deep slumber awaiting Kenyans to exhaust all their savings on food? This is a situation that can be corrected?"
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"content": " I am going to listen to the Leader of Government Business. We must move on!"
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"content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very sensitive matter and I wish to say the following: I want the Clerk to direct this Question to the Ministry of Finance so that it appears on the Order Paper on Wednesday afternoon."
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"content": " This is the ruling of the Chair. I direct this Question to the Ministry of Finance because it seems both the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Trade are pointing in the direction of the Ministry of Finance. So, Ministry of Finance, please, get your facts and come ready on Wednesday afternoon. May this Question be on the Order Paper on Wednesday afternoon."
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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir."
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