Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: the Republic of Kenya are in Sudan. One of the projects they are going to visit is Kenana Sugar Factory, which is in Southern Khartoum. That is one of the largest sugar milling companies in Africa. For such huge milling factories to survive, they must have enough cane, and enough cane can only be produced through irrigation. A few months ago, this country and the entire region was facing the worst drought ever. However, as I speak, even in the Chalbi Desert in Marsabit, there are floods everywhere. Bridges have been swept away and human life has been affected. The ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: acts necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Authority. All that is provided for in Clause 7 of the Bill. Clause 8 of the Bill further sets out the powers and functions of the Authority. The functions of the Authority will be to develop and improve the irrigation infrastructure for national and public schemes. For us to have sustained food production using irrigation, we must invest in infrastructure for both the national and public schemes and provide irrigation support service to private, medium and smallholder schemes. Further, Clause 8(3) states that the Authority shall exercise its various ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Let me go to the Schedule. The First Schedule contains provisions of the conduct of business and affairs of the Board. This Bill generally meets the global standard and best practice. It is comprehensive in scope and coverage in terms of the organs which are required to comply with its provisions. I am sure the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, who will second the Bill, will present the views of all the stakeholders and the Committee as a whole. As a House, we will improve on this piece of legislation; we will bring The electronic version ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: more amendments and remove unnecessary sections. Kenya is a food-deficit country. It is important to state clearly that we can no longer depend on rain-fed agriculture. Even the livestock owners in the pastoralists areas can no longer depend on rain. We need to have dams for livestock and human use, and irrigation. The biggest rivers pass through Kenya. Today water is flowing everywhere in this country. We must borrow ideas from, say, Israel which has done a lot in terms of water harvesting. We can build dams. I am sure the Government has huge projects running, for example, the construction ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, let me ask the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to second the Irrigation Bill, 2017. view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I want to thank my colleagues who took a lot of time this afternoon to enrich this Bill which is from the Executive. I am sure with the amendments that will come from the Committee and individual Members, this momentous Bill or piece of legislation that is repealing the Irrigation Act will be the first one by the 12th Parliament to make our country food-sufficient and also have food surplus. It will also change our agricultural system from a rain-fed one to an irrigation-fed system of agriculture. That is what will make us ... view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The principal objective of this Bill is to promote, regulate, develop, maintain and create a financing mechanism and build the infrastructure of irrigation in Kenya. view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I beg to reply. view
• 10 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I really want to indulge you that we defer this Bill to tomorrow in the afternoon. The Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy is seated next to me. He has submitted the Reports of both the Energy Bill and the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill to the Speaker for approval. So, it will be fair if he tables the Bill tomorrow in the morning and then we discuss it in the afternoon. It is a very important Bill. We can make it as the first item tomorrow in the afternoon. I will take it ... view
• 29 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) and the Explanatory Memorandum. Agreement Establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area among the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Explanatory Memorandum. Performance Audit Report on the Management of Development Funds for Technical Institutions by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2017 and ... view