Franklin Mithika Linturi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. We are happy as a Ministry to subject ourselves to the authority of this House, which represents the people of Kenya, to answer Questions on matters that regard our Ministry. I seek your indulgence, Hon. Speaker. There is supplementary information that I am waiting for from my office regarding this Question so that I can do justice to it. I would like to start with any other Question so that by the time we finish with the others, I may answer this Question as the last one. I would not want to give ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Government is making efforts to attract companies to produce certified cotton seeds in the country. In order to attract suppliers of BT Cotton seeds in the country, we advertised for expression of interest by suppliers on 20th April 2023. By 27th June 2023, potential companies had applied and the evaluation process is ongoing. We have The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: developed a three-year production target plan for cotton production on 40(?) acres in the Financial Year 2023/2024 and 60,000 in the Financial Year 2023/2025. In collaboration with the Governor of Busia County, on Friday we will be launching the growing of cotton on 11,000 hectares of land. Due to the collaboration and support from other partners, in another two or three months’ time, we are going to get seeds that will be enough to support farmers. On the question of what we are doing to address the issue of rising cost of BT Cotton seeds, the country has already identified ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will direct my Principal Secretary to carry him in his chopper on Friday so that he can take part in this very important event. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I appreciate the concerns of the Hon. Members. I assure them that under the Kenya Kwanza Plan, the bottom-up economic transformation agenda, cotton is one of the key value chains that this Government is serious about. Under the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), we have a whole directorate of cotton to promote the growth of fibre crops. Under this plan, the Government has mapped 24 counties with good soils for cotton growth, Homa Bay and Meru included. Once we do the launch on Friday, we expect to move on, and I will be reaching out to Members of ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: asking for finances to meet those demands because this important House appropriates, kindly support us. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have just come from a press conference with the President where he explained the measures his Government has taken to support farmers. Today, we agreed with the governors that we would partner to have proper last-mile delivery of fertilizers. The governors will provide us with warehouses or stores where we will store fertilizer to eradicate the problem the Member for Imenti Central talked about. Farmers will not have to travel for many kilometres to go and pick two or three bags of fertilizer. We have agreed and are working on an arrangement on how that will be ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Allow me to respond as follows. The Ministry proposes to establish seed money for a revolving fund under the State Department for Livestock Development to fund the purchase of hides and skins for processing. The Ministry is currently supporting the mopping up of hides and skins by the Ewaso Nyiro South Development Authority (ENSDA) and the State Department of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands within the Regional Development Department and other State agencies. The ENSDA is operating a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: tannery towards meeting the mopping up of the hides and skins in Narok County, and it has already been allocated Ksh100 million in the Budget for purposes of meeting this need. Hon. Speaker, the answer to the next Question is that the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, through the Kenya Leather Development Council (KLDC), offers technical capacity building to county governments, including the County Government of Baringo, in hides and skins improvement and processing. This initiative is geared towards improving the quality of skins and will, in due course, increase the price of hides and skins and improve the ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me reply to the supplementary question from the Deputy Speaker. As of today, the Government is almost at the level of operationalizing Kinanie Leather Park. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view