Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for protecting me from the Senate Majority Leader. As I conclude, I support the issues that have been raised by our colleague. I hope that when we eventually get a chance to look into this policy, we shall properly give it our thoughts. With those many remarks, I support. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I welcome the hon. Members from Uganda. I am a board member of the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST). Therefore, I get really excited when I see Members from other regional parliaments come to interact with us to learn about our parliamentary traditions and how we conduct our affairs. I extend a warm welcome to them and look forward to interact with them if the opportunity is presented to me. On behalf of my colleagues and all the other board members of the CPST, I say karibuni . view
• 19 Jun 2019 in Senate: I second, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this chance as the foremost defender of the interests of tea farmers in this House. I would have taken great offence had you allowed people like Sen. Murkomen who do not know how a tea bush looks like to make comments on this particular issue. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Murkomen must choose what he wants to be in this House. On certain days when it is convenient like today, he wants to become a tea farmer. When it is more convenient, he wishes to be a squatter. So, he is a pastoralist on certain days view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Petition is important and I am proud of the work that the Senate as a House has done on issues facing tea farmers. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are aware that last week on Thursday, we passed the Tea Bill, 2018. Part of the key highlights of the Bill is that we are pushing for a strong regulator in the tea sector because basically, tea farmers have been left on their own. When the Government changed Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) from being a state parastatal to being a private entity, many small-scale tea farmers have ended up suffering in their hands. It is my hope that the National Assembly will agree with us on the need to have a strong regulator in the ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that late last year, this House passed a Motion that was brought that sought to form a select committee to look into the challenges facing the tea farmers. The report is ready and it should be up for debate either late this week or when we resume after the short recess. Having listened to the cries and pleas of tea farmers in this country, the President should quickly form a commission of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: inquiry to look into the operations of the KTDA for the past 19 years since it became an agency and how the investments it has been making benefit the tea farmer. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in Senate: One of the richest state corporations in this country happens to be the one that has been mentioned in this Petition. However, we have the tea farmers who are the people who have, through toil and hard work, ensured the corporation has billions but they continue to lose their money each and every time a bank collapses and are completely poor and impoverished. Therefore, we request the President to form a commission of inquiry to tell farmers what will happen to their investment. Many buildings that the KTDA own in this town and things it has been doing have been ... view