Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: We, as a Committee, sat down and listened to the cries of various tea farmers from across this country. We began our meetings in Kisii County. We went to Bomet, Kericho and the former Central Province. We listened to farmers narrating to us challenges bedeviling this particular sector. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: We also listened to some key players in this industry. We listened to the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and East African Tea Trade Association; the body that brings together the brokers that sell tea in Mombasa. We also listened to Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which is the body that was an amalgamation of all the previous various crop departments in the Ministry of Agriculture. All those departments were collapsed and formed AFA department in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. We even invited the Attorney General, who unfortunately by the time ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the issues that we kept on grappling with is the KTDA because when it was setup, it was a parastatal. That is how it functioned for many years. However, through a Cabinet Sessional Paper, it was converted into a private entity. Our farmers were left at the hands of people, who to the best of my opinion and that of our Committee, have not been diligent at protecting the interests of our poor farmers. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: We, as a Committee, were grappling with the question which up to now remains unanswered. What do you do with an entity that for all the assets they have and market share they control, they got it when they were a parastatal? Now that it has become a private entity and the Government does not have a way of controlling its operations. Perhaps this is one of the private entities that controls the economies of more than a million homes in this country. How is it that the Government can fold its hands and say that there is very little ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: like Green Feather, the energy generating companies, Chai Trading which is a warehousing and tea trading company benefit farmers? How do all these subsidiaries translate to useful gain to the farmers at the end of the day? Only a proper audit of the operations of this company during the last 18 years will be able to unravel the answers to all these questions. We must know whether the people we represent in this particular House have been taken advantage of or have received value for money out of this particular exercise. Mr. Speaker, Sir, another issue was that in 2012, ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a matter that will interest many of my colleagues based on the indications that I am getting. Therefore, I would like to stop here and allow the rest of my colleagues to make contributions or even propose further recommendations to the report. We want conclude it immediately and forward it for other considerations. With those very many remarks, I beg to move and ask Sen. Omogeni to Second. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Senator for Murang’a, who began his Speech by first welcoming students from Kangema to go on to talk about tea but did not mention anything to do with the ban on students’ tea? Is it fair to the students? view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I take this opportunity to thank my colleagues, who have taken time and keen interest on this Motion. I have paid great attention to each and every contributor. I have sat here since I moved this Motion up to the end, and listened keenly to each of my colleagues. I appreciate them for the great concern they have for tea farmers. The struggle to liberate them continues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I urge tea farmers across the country not to uproot tea. I assure them that via this Senate, we will instead uproot the ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: shall do for the tea industry, the same can be done for the sugar, rice and all farmers that are involved in the agricultural value chain. With those many remarks, I beg to reply. I also request, under Standing Order 61(3), that you defer the putting of the question on this particular Motion to a later date. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Did I say something out of excitement? view