Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Tea (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.1 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. This is a very important Bill that was brought to this House by yours truly in the last Senate. At that time, the thinking amongst many of our colleagues was that this is an industry that was heavily disorganized, despite the fact that it is the goose that lays the golden egg, so to speak. It is the largest foreign income earner to the Republic, yet its primary producers and the citizens that oil this ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Someone was joking earlier today that with the many court orders that have come out of the courts this week, it will not be long before a judge in Kenya issues an order barring the sun from rising in the east and setting in the west, never minding how that can be implemented. Therefore, when the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries ran into headwinds with the regulations they were trying to pursue at that time, they then appeared before our colleagues in the National Assembly when that House was considering that Bill. They dumped many of the regulations they ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Someone was joking earlier today that with the many court orders that have come out of the courts this week, it will not be long before a judge in Kenya issues an order barring the sun from rising in the east and setting in the west, never minding how that can be implemented. Therefore, when the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries ran into headwinds with the regulations they were trying to pursue at that time, they then appeared before our colleagues in the National Assembly when that House was considering that Bill. They dumped many of the regulations they ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, many factories are regarded as export processing zones. There is a declaration they will need to make of what percentage of the tea they will be retaining for local sale and the percentage they will be exporting. This is part of the clean-up. Section Nine was fairly controversial because it was about the Kenyan tea and the ban of direct sales that we had at that time. The argument was meant to protect the auction and because of the auction in Mombasa, tea farmers have continued to get value out of their crop because of the competition ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, many factories are regarded as export processing zones. There is a declaration they will need to make of what percentage of the tea they will be retaining for local sale and the percentage they will be exporting. This is part of the clean-up. Section Nine was fairly controversial because it was about the Kenyan tea and the ban of direct sales that we had at that time. The argument was meant to protect the auction and because of the auction in Mombasa, tea farmers have continued to get value out of their crop because of the competition ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: processors went to court and that provision remains up to now, we need to do a clean-up so that we will count five years from 2020 when this Bill became an Act of Parliament up to 2025, for them to begin to value-add so that our farmers get value for their money. The rest, of course, are issues that other players and industry stakeholders brought before the Committee. I believe the Committee will guide us on how to conclude. Therefore, that is a brief history of this particular Bill. I want to urge our colleagues to support it so that ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: processors went to court and that provision remains up to now, we need to do a clean-up so that we will count five years from 2020 when this Bill became an Act of Parliament up to 2025, for them to begin to value-add so that our farmers get value for their money. The rest, of course, are issues that other players and industry stakeholders brought before the Committee. I believe the Committee will guide us on how to conclude. Therefore, that is a brief history of this particular Bill. I want to urge our colleagues to support it so that ... view
• 28 Nov 2023 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is just a little matter of concern, albeit not in a bad way. Did you notice that the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs cleared four petitions and brought the reports to the House before the lapse of the 60-day period? I feel this is something so exceptional that it should not go without notice and celebrating the exemplary work of the Committee. We are not used to such efficiency every day. You know how much you, Mr. Speaker, complain every other afternoon on petitions taking longer than usual. This is just a moment to appreciate ... view
• 28 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I suggest that for ease of transaction of the business ahead of us, we can put all the votes up to Order No.13 when a Member rises, since we are voting manually and we have done this before. This is my humble request. 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. view