27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon Speaker, the hon. Member who brought the question is a veterinarian and obviously, despite the fact that the Director is in an acting capacity, it does not mean that there are no people to treat animals at the moment. The services are still going on but, nevertheless, we are going to give the Statement next week.
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27 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
I am most obliged, hon. Speaker.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
There are some transfers that are done internally and some that may require the Public Service Commission’s involvement, but let me find out and we shall give an answer within the next one week.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Dalmas is a very senior member of this house and he has made a very serious allegation against the Chairs. If the Chair of the Committee on Administration and National Security has a problem, it is not all Departmental Committees of this House that have a problem. We The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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20 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
have been giving statements. When we get requests, we invite the Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secretary. We then invite the Member who raised the issue to interrogate them. Is it in order for Dalmas to say that every Departmental Committee does not interrogate the Executive?
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14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, I literally almost heard nothing from the Member because there is too much noise in the House. However, the Ministry has not denied anything. They have accepted that these staff members have not been paid. They have given reasons why they could not be paid. They stated that the Corporation had a financial problem because of the factors that I have mentioned. They have already started paying as has been appreciated by the Member. However, we intend to visit the area, but financial constraints make it difficult for the Committee to do that.
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14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of land grabbing, yes, there are a few areas where, maybe, individuals have encroached and are squatters on those pieces of land. However, it is common knowledge that most of these pieces of land were allocated The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
by previous regimes to individuals. We have also recommended that the Ministry should follow up and see whether it is possible to repossess the land. The issue of giving the workers land, is one of the issues that we dealt with and recommended that we would rather dispose of the livestock in those farms or even part of those farms and pay those workers rather than giving them, as mentioned, some maize which they are said to have been given subsidized price. We asked: Why do you give people meat rather than selling a cow and then giving them the ...
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14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, Sir, on Thursday, 26th September, 2013, hon. Ronald Tonui, Member for Bomet Central sought a Statement from my Committee. I summoned the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock on Tuesday, 22nd October. I also invited the Member who sought the Statement. I wish to give the following response:
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14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Kenya is the largest exporter of tea in the world accounting to 22 per cent of the total world export. Secondly, Kenya is the third largest producer in the world accounting to 10 per cent of the world production. Tea is the largest single foreign earner in this country. In 2012, we earned Kshs130.2 billion on tea. About 10 per cent of Kenya’s population depends on tea and contributes about 4 per cent of the GDP and 26 per cent in this country’s export earnings. On the question raised on the bonus, there are two major factors which have brought ...
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