Francis Munyua Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on this Motion, I have been working as a group manager of coffee farms around Juja and Thika; I know when you surcharge Kshs500 from an employee ‘s salary it is on the higher side as correctly stated here. I was caught up in a situation where I was running five coffee farms and the prices of coffee were very low. I failed to pay my workers. I know in agriculture you employ people but when the prices and the climate change, you end up not paying their salaries, and not even submitting returns to ... view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will support this Motion and say that the officers from the NHIF go round companies inspecting various accounts and seeing what you are selling, what your input is and if you do not have money, this is what happens and it affects mostly farmers. If I go to the surcharge and what hon. Muchai has just said, it is true that when you do not pay the law catches up with you; you also have to negotiate with the workers whom you have not paid due to the fact that you also have not ... view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: So, it is not through ignorance; we want to look at the farmers in the wider picture. Even in the livestock industry people are employed and if there is drought and you have 100 workers working for you, they want you to remit their NHIF dues and you have not paid their salaries that will also affect you. I think it is high time the agriculture sector was looked into, especially when the prices drop. view
• 2 May 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support; this being my maiden speech, I would also like to inform the House that in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), laptops are being assembled and within a year they will be manufacturing the same for this country. So, it is good for the hon. Members of this House to visit JKUAT and see what they are doing about laptops. Juja Constituency is run by two district commissioners. I request the Government through its able hands to ensure that Juja Constituency is run by one district commissioner so that my work ... view