{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137735","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=137733","results":[{"id":1393751,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393751/?format=json","text_counter":181,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wafula","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":348,"legal_name":"Davis Wafula Nakitare","slug":"davis-nakitare"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I would like to comment on the issue of subsidized fertilizer. Several weeks ago, the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries held a public participation tour in the western part of the Republic. We made a surprise visit to Bungoma National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) where we found only nine bags of fertilizer for planting. This is after the residents of Bungoma were up in arms in Bungoma Town, Webuye, Kimaeti and all the other distribution centres complaining of lack of enough fertilizer for planting. A phone call was made to the managing director who assured the people of Bungoma that in one or two weeks, we would have 40,000 bags, and at the end of the month, we would have 100 bags of planting fertilizer. To date, this is still a fairytale. The time is up for these people to pull up their socks or ship out. We cannot afford to go back to the days when people matched on the streets with cooking equipment, purportedly seeking rain to come down and shower crops."},{"id":1393752,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393752/?format=json","text_counter":182,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wafula","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":348,"legal_name":"Davis Wafula Nakitare","slug":"davis-nakitare"},"content":"There is a shortage of quality seeds in Kenya Seed Company. I will not be surprised if we do a thorough audit of this infrastructure and find that there is a problem that needs to be solved. I want to request the Committee in charge to swiftly move with speed to ascertain these uncertainties and give direction to Kenyans and in particular, my great people of Bungoma and Trans-Nzoia. Madam Temporary Speaker, something else that is cropping up which has been mentioned through the Huduma Centre in Bungoma; several weeks ago, staff of the Huduma Centre were reshuffled and transferred without recognising the fact that they have financial and family commitments that need proper adjustment. Additionally, the same thing was seen the other day when I raised a matter on this Floor, pertaining to railways, where purportedly people of a particular ethnic orientation have been frustrated, intimidated, harassed and their tools of operation in their offices confiscated by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)."},{"id":1393753,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393753/?format=json","text_counter":183,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Senator, let me guide you. I do not think you can debate the statement that you have brought before the House. You can contribute to other statements brought by other Senators to the Floor of the House."},{"id":1393754,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393754/?format=json","text_counter":184,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wafula","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":348,"legal_name":"Davis Wafula Nakitare","slug":"davis-nakitare"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1393755,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393755/?format=json","text_counter":185,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Please, be guided and comment accordingly. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."},{"id":1393756,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393756/?format=json","text_counter":186,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wafula","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":348,"legal_name":"Davis Wafula Nakitare","slug":"davis-nakitare"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, finally, on the matter of health as elaborated by my good friend, Sen. Sifuna, it is important that the Committee moves with speed and the financial statements as requested by Sen. Olekina, be facilitated to Senators. This will ensure that we do our work appropriately. I thank you."},{"id":1393757,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393757/?format=json","text_counter":187,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Senator. Proceed, Sen. Oburu Oginga."},{"id":1393758,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393758/?format=json","text_counter":188,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Oburu","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":194,"legal_name":"Oburu Ngona Odinga","slug":"oburu-odinga"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute. I want to contribute to the Statement sought by my brother here, the Senator for Turkana County, and this is on the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Cooperation (REREC). He has sought a Statement asking REREC to activate rural electrification programmes in Turkana. Madam Temporary Speaker, people do not think of Turkana as having a great potential for development. When you bring electricity to Turkana, it becomes a big trigger for development. Turkana is a very rich county. Some people just look at the heat but apart from the heat, there is a lot of wealth underground. There is wealth of oil, water and a whole lake that is underground in Turkana. I hope that this Statement which he is seeking on the REREC --- REREC used to be more active than the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) themselves. However, I want them to wake up and impress us by taking steps to activate the REREC, which is a newer corporation. They should take steps to activate the electrification in Turkana. Madam Temporary Speaker, electrification is such an important venture. In my own County of Siaya, I was perplexed yesterday when I went to the rural area. I found a whole industry for the milling of rice which has been put up by the county and it is not able to be commissioned just because of upgrading electricity to three phases. Without electricity, there is no meaningful development. I do not want to take a lot of time as I just stood up to support the statement sought by my brother, the Senator for Turkana on REREC. I hope that steps will be taken to activate these activities in Turkana County. I thank you."},{"id":1393759,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393759/?format=json","text_counter":189,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Senator. Proceed, Sen. Thang’wa."},{"id":1393760,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393760/?format=json","text_counter":190,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Thang’wa","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to support the Statement by Sen. Orwoba about health issues, especially in our hospitals in the County of Nairobi, not forgetting my home County, which is Kiambu County. Madam Temporary Speaker, health is the most basic yet fundamental and important thing a human being would require to have the best of. Sometimes I ask myself whether the drafters of the Constitution did the right thing to surrender these hospitals to the governors. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."}]}