Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: him in office – that his hands are tied on matters to do with tea. He will have to be accountable and say: “I nominated person “x” to represent you at the TRAK. This is what they are proposing in this Bill. That is a radical departure from many of the laws that we are doing in the House. Sometimes I feel wounded as a defender of devolution when we pass Bills that clearly claw back on the gains of devolution. When we propose a regulatory authority and then give the CS power to nominate seven out of 10 members. ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Sorry, Madam Temporary Speaker. I think I will be fine. Sorry for that interruption. That shows how passionate I am about this Bill. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: The point that I was making is that we, as a House, must place a great premium on devolving power. It should be seen in our legislative work, that we, as a House, are aware of the fact that people want power to be closer to them. If you have a director nominated, say from Kisumu, Migori or whichever county, as a people, we should visit him. Each and every time there is a challenge in the sector that they head, we should walk to their office or home and ask them what they are doing about the challenges. For ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: In many occasions, we cannot compare a tea farmer to a herder who runs a dairy business. This is because instead of a milk company paying him directly, because he is the owner of the cow that produces milk, they pay the owner of the company that gave 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
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: the feeds, the transporter and young men that they employ to take care of your cows. Whatever little that is left is given to you as a farmer. That is the unfortunate bit because every nine days, tea that is sold at the Mombasa Tea Auction is paid for. Unfortunately, the farmer receives only 30 to 40 per cent of the money after 30 days. They receive the rest only at the end of the year without proper explanation as to where the money was for over 300 days. That is someone’s money paid for the tea that they supply ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: It is only via an electronic auction process where the competing company cannot place in Kshs3.00 or Kshs3.50 per kilogramme. However, so long as we can sit, agree and say that for today, we feel like we should not pay more Kshs2 per kilogramme, they can determine this. It is only through a strong regulator as it is being proposed in this particular Bill that we will even the rules and issue a directive and say, for example, from today, anybody that wants to carry out auction business in Kenya must set up an electronic auction as a way of ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, another concern is that although agriculture is a devolved function, the tea sector has not quite been devolved as such. The delineation between the role of county and the national Government is still not clear. Therefore, it is only through a strong regulator as we are proposing that we will be able to set out the rules of the game and say the much that the Ministry will do and what will be expected of county governments. This is because county governments are among the leading beneficiaries in terms of cess and other benefits they continue to ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: As I draw to a close, you will remember that on many occasions, I have spoken before this House when we have had Bills brought before us. I remember the first point I ever made along this line of argument was when we were passing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Bill in the last Parliament--- If you remember that Bill that we were supposed to domesticate in the country so that our athletes could participate in the then coming World Championship. In what had been brought to this House, we were being asked that the local agency in Kenya for ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: whole region of Embu, Meru, Nyeri and Murang’a. We need to ensure that our farmers do not have to go through the trouble of having to come to Nairobi to seek for services. What are we devolving if each time we are bringing legislative proposals to this House, we want every authority to be domiciled in Nairobi? That proposal has been put into this Bill. I will be willing to listen to responses from my colleagues on what they think about this proposal. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: There are many other issues. However, in the interest of time, with those few remarks, I beg to move and call upon Sen. Cherargei of Nandi County to second. view