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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
The final observation made by the Committee was that the government is aware of international trends in co-operative development and notes that intergovernmental forums are critical in the cooperative sector to facilitate growth while keeping abreast with the trends to the extent possible whilst having regard to any particular local circumstances that must be taken into account from time to time. To this end, the government will, in consultation with all stakeholders, continually review the policy and cooperative development. The Committee therefore recommends as follows: 1. That the House adopt this report and approves Sessional Paper No. 4 of 2020 ...
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21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to reply. Before I do so, I wish to thank all Members who have contributed to this important Sessional Paper. I just want to make it clear that when the advertisement was run requesting for memoranda, indeed it is true that we never received written memoranda. However, a lot of stakeholders purposed to appear before the Committee and we have accommodated those sentiments and they have been captured in the Report. I also want to thank my committee members and my able deputy for actually staying the whole ...
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives on its consideration of Sessional Paper No. 4 of 2020 on the national cooperatives policy on promoting cooperatives for socio-economic transformation. Many thanks, indeed, Hon. Speaker.
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: - THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives on its consideration of Sessional Paper No.4 of 2020 on the National Cooperative Policy, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 19th August 2021 and further approves Sessional Paper No.4 of 2020. Thank you.
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise in response to Statement by the Member of Parliament for Igembe South, Hon. John Paul Mwirigi to the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives on the issue of
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
. The question was: Could the Chairperson explain why farmers could not be informed early enough on closure of airspace by the Federal Government of Somalia? Hon. Speaker, the response is that Somalia is a sovereign state that makes its own independent decisions which they are not obligated to communicate to any other country in the event of a force majeure or in the event of events that are largely beyond the control of any person to deal with. Therefore, this was an unfortunate situation and when the country wants to close their airspace, they do not communicate. On the ...
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
income and general livelihood, the response is: At this moment the Government may not be in a position to raise funds for compensating the miraa farmers for losses incurred following the closure of the airspace as this happened unexpectedly. However, in future, such an unfavourable event can be mitigated against by setting up applicable compensation funds through the guidance and support of the National Treasury. On the question of what measures are in place to open more market access to miraa farmers in the region particularly the horn of Africa, the response is: The Government of Kenya is exploring new ...
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Notice No. 10757 of 15th November 2019. This technical team provides technical guidance and facilitation in the implementation of the miraa reforms and is in the process of reviewing the current regulatory framework for the miraa industry to align it to current and future needs.
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
Finally, in responding to the question of what led to the suspension of flights especially cargo flights that miraa farmers rely on and when the flights are expected to resume, there were no reasons given as to why flights were suspended. We are all aware that we have had security and diplomatic rows between them and our country. That was the question as far as the issue of miraa is concerned.
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19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly:
I have another request for Statement by Hon. Baya which was directed to the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. Hon. Speaker, the question was on policy measures instituted with regard to manufacturing and value addition of pineapples in Kilifi. The Ministry’s policy on manufacturing and value addition is geared towards the promotion of processing across the country and is based…
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