Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 17571 to 17580 of 17799.

• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: On the issue of cattle dips, I totally agree with the hon. Member, and I have said it on the Floor of this House a number of times that in the 1980s we had the World Bank Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), where the Government offloaded the services it provides to the people of Kenya and more so, to the livestock rearing areas where cattle dips were returned to the private sector, that was the biggest mistake that the Ministry of Livestock Development and the Government did. But now we have a policy and we want to share with the hon. ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my opinion, the Government has not failed. If the hon. Member feels that he can give a wide range of issues that portrays that the Government has failed, I think the Prime Minister has an opportunity every Wednesday to address those cross-cutting issues that the hon. Member feels indicates that the Government has failed. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: But coming back to the question of whether the Ministry of Livestock Development can take over the running of cattle dips, I want to assure the hon. Member that, that is the mandate of a department within the Ministry of Livestock Development. That is where we are heading this year and all cattle dips in the country will be functioning. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is about phonetics. Taking over and functioning are two words which are related. Once we take over, that means that the process of functioning will be in place. We will take over. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question was directly about Kitui West which falls under the ASALs. As a Ministry, we have specific and definite programmes which are funded by donors, with definite objectives for those areas. I want to inform the hon. Member that I have got definite donor-funded projects for zero-grazing areas of the highlands. One of them is the Dairy Development Programme, which is funded by the World Bank. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the licensing of dairy products and more so, milk, falls under the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Market. Hon. Nyagah will be in a position to answer that Question. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in a small way, we are providing acaricides now. We are discussing with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance and we hope that in the next financial year, we will be given adequate resources to provide that. We will come back to this House after the Budget and inform you that the funds have been made available. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I gave a very long indication that the issue of abandoning cattle dips by the Government was related to the Structural Adjustment Programmes that the World Bank put in place in the 1980s. Now that we have felt that the cattle dips and extension services are very crucial in livestock production and the livelihood of our people, we have said categorically that we have prepared a technical paper to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance and donors, just like we do for all other projects within our Ministry in every financial ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: assure this House that this year; we are coming with a definite policy on how to revamp cattle dips across all parts of the country. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Member for raising an important issue on livestock keeping. For the last 20 years, the Ministry of Livestock Development did not employ any staff at either technical level or at lower levels. In 2008/2009 Financial Year, the Ministry employed 100 veterinary doctors, 110 livestock technicians and 110 Livestock Production Assistants. view