{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=152983","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=152981","results":[{"id":1548012,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548012/?format=json","text_counter":184,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Maanzo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13589,"legal_name":"Maanzo Daniel Kitonga","slug":"maanzo-daniel-kitonga"},"content":"Madam Temporary Speaker, you know the Cabinet Secretary is on his feet, but I will be as brief as possible. First, I want to congratulate the Cabinet 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":1548013,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548013/?format=json","text_counter":185,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Maanzo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13589,"legal_name":"Maanzo Daniel Kitonga","slug":"maanzo-daniel-kitonga"},"content":"Secretary for coming up with the new cooperatives law because this will deal with the governance in individual cooperatives like Kimuri. Bearing in mind that the budget to Cabinet Secretary of Cooperatives has remained tiny over the years and also bearing in mind that the counties where they are dealing with cooperatives as a devolution strategy is also underfunded, what will do about situations like those in Kimuri. Do you have some other sources of funding, you know like international funding, interested people in the cooperative movement worldwide who really want to support the Kenyan cooperative movement, so that you have funds to revive cooperatives like Kimuri? Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1548014,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548014/?format=json","text_counter":186,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Murango. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, you could take your seat because we will take the questions, then you will respond to them together."},{"id":1548015,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548015/?format=json","text_counter":187,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Murango","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13585,"legal_name":"Murango James Kamau","slug":"murango-james-kamau"},"content":"Asante sana, Mstahiki Spika. Kwanza nikushukuru kwa swali ambalo umeuliza kuhusu vyama vya ushirika kufilisika. Jambo la kwanza, sababu kubwa huwa uongozi mbaya kwa vyama vya ushirika na wale wanaoongoza vyama vile kule mashinani. Bw. Waziri, unajua tukianza kutatua tatizo, lazima tuweke msingi. Kulikuwa na sababu kubwa ambayo ilifanya Kimuri kufilisika. Inafaa kuangaliwa kwa kina ilifisika kwa nini. Tunapojaribu kuongeza kuzalisha kahawa, na wakulima bado wanaenda kilomita 10 kupeleka kahawa kwa mitambo ya kusagia, wengi wataenda kulima vitu mimmea nyingine ambayo haina maana kushinda kahawa. Kitu ambacho ningeambia Bw. Waziri ni kwamba chanzo kubwa ya kufilisika kwa vyama vya ushirika ni maafisa ambao wako katika Wizara yake. Nasema hivyo kwa sababu juzi, mwaka uliyopita, kule Kirinyaga, Kibirigwi na Mutira farmers cooperatives, karibu zifilisike kwa sababu ya mikopo iliyochukuliwa na maafisa kutoka Wizara yako. Walikopa pesa watu binafsi halafu wakakata wakulima. Ni jambo linalofaa kushughulikiwa. Nikimalizia, kama tunataka wakulima wa kahawa wawe na pesa mfukoni, lazima tuwaangalie. Katika gazeti ya Serikali juzi, kulikuwa na tolea ambalo Waziri Mbadi alisema sasa wakulima watakuwa wanatozwa asilimia 0.3 ya pesa ambazo zitaenda kwa taasisi ya CMA ambayo iko kwa Wizara ya hazina. Asilimia 0.3 itaenda kulipa malipo ya moja kwa moja inayoitwa DSS na asilimia 0.2 ambazo zinafaa kwenda katika soko la Nairobi Coffee Exchange. Hata tukiamsha Kimuri na tuendelee kutoza wakulima, itakuwa ni ubaguzi wa wakulima kwa sababu CMA inatoa pesa zake katika hazina kuu. Kwa nini mmea mmoja tu ndio utatozwa pesa na CMA? Hilo ndio swali langu. Najua hii si sehemu yako lakini ningependa ufuatilie kidogo ndio uone wakulima wako wanakatwa pesa ngapi. Kama Kirinyaga tumejipanga. Najua unakubaliana na mimi kuwa kama kuna mahali vyama vya ushirika vimekita mizizi ni Kaunti ya Kirinyaga. Tuko na viwanda 72, vyama vya ushirika 14 na chama kimoja kikubwa kinachoangalia mambo ya kahawa. Pia tumenunua mashini ya kusaga na tunajisagia wenyewe na 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":1548016,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548016/?format=json","text_counter":188,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Murango","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13585,"legal_name":"Murango James Kamau","slug":"murango-james-kamau"},"content":"kujiuzia wenyewe. Mahali tumepitia, Bw. Waziri Mbadi anataka kukula kutoka kwa kikapu chetu. Aangalia hilo, Bw. Waziri."},{"id":1548017,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548017/?format=json","text_counter":189,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Sen. Cherarkey."},{"id":1548018,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548018/?format=json","text_counter":190,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Cherarkey","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13217,"legal_name":"Cherarkey K Samson","slug":"cherarkey-k-samson"},"content":"Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. From the onset before I support your statement, I want to congratulate my friend, Governor Oparanya, the new Cabinet Secretary for the good job he is doing in the coffee and other subsectors. Madam Temporary Speaker, sorry for saying this, but there is a perception in this country that coffee is only grown in Kenya or Murima. However, coffee is grown across the country, including Nandi, Bungoma, Kakamega, Machakos, Makueni and many other areas. Madam Temporary Speaker, in line with the Coffee Cherry Fund under the Coffee Bill, what are the strategies alongside Kimuri Factory that you have raised to support coffee cooperative societies? For example, in Nandi County, especially Tinderet Sub-county, we have, just to name a few, cooperative societies like Kipsiele, Kapunyeria, Kapulumben, Kaprel, Sarwat and Kapsawas in Aldai Sub-county and across the entire of Nandi County. What are the strategies along Kimuri Coffee Factory in Kairi Village, has the Cabinet Secretary put in place to spur and ensure these coffee cooperative societies across the country are no longer going under or are being declared insolvent? Are they able to support the growth of coffee growth and coffee business across the country, including Kericho, where we have many cooperative societies, like Fort Ternan? I do not know why my teacher, Prof. Tom ojienda is excited today and he just walked in. You know, Kericho is my neighbouring county. In areas like Fort Ternan and Kipkeleon, farmers also grow a lot of coffee. Same to Bungoma and Kakamega counties. What are the strategies? What is the silver bullet? I am happy that the Cabinet Secretary is a former governor. So he understands, it is easy for him to manage what the counties are doing in terms of what is happening in Kimuri and across the nation, so that we can continue. That is my supplementary question. I thank him for supporting Senator Boni Khalwale for governor of Kakamega County. Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1548019,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548019/?format=json","text_counter":191,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Veronica Maina","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Sen. Cherarkey. Sen. Mandago Jackson, are you doing campaigns from the Floor of the House? It is not allowed."},{"id":1548020,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548020/?format=json","text_counter":192,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mandago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13577,"legal_name":"Kiplagat Jackson Mandago","slug":"kiplagat-jackson-mandago"},"content":"Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me congratulate Cherarkey for recognising that former governors can help current Senators to become governors. I just want to ask the Cabinet Secretary, alongside that supplementary of Kimuri Coffee Factory. One of the challenges cited is that farmers often have to travel long distances to deliver their produce to the nearest factory. I would like to inquire what the Cabinet Secretary is doing to ensure that the services of the Coffee Research Institute, a very important organization for enhancing coffee productivity and quality, are made accessible in other parts of the country. 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":1548021,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1548021/?format=json","text_counter":193,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mandago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13577,"legal_name":"Kiplagat Jackson Mandago","slug":"kiplagat-jackson-mandago"},"content":"Specifically, I am referring to the western region of Kenya, which includes the former Western, Rift Valley and Nyanza provinces. Coffee is now being cultivated as a serious commercial crop in these regions. It is crucial that these services are available to boost productivity and facilitate the establishment of new factories in the region. Thank you."}]}