Amason Kingi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 91 to 100 of 554.

• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, as a Ministry, are yet to get this report. The report was undertaken by a team that was constituted across Ministries. Immediately the report is given to us, I undertake to table it before the House. When I said ten farms out of 63, those are the ones that have been given improvement orders. Auditing is still going on. As I have already stated, the committee is constrained by lack of funds. I believe that when funds are available, they will audit the entire list and see the ones that need to be given improvement ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that, that is a totally different Question touching on the fish ponds. Just to correct the Member, they are not 140 constituencies, but 160 constituencies. That is a totally different Question which if the Member raises appropriately; I will give it an appropriate response. view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the Stimulus package we are covering 160 constituencies. We will construct 80 semi-processing and cold storage facilities, which, I believe, will assist the farmers to store their products, so that they do not go to waste as they look for markets. view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the mandate to issue licenses for these establishments does not fall within my Ministry. It falls within NEMA, which falls under the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is like asking me how people are recruited into the Armed Forces. I am in the Government, but I have a specific mandate within the Executive because even the Member is a member of the Government. However, within the larger Executive, I have a specific mandate. Certainly, my mandate does not extend to the licensing of these establishments. My Ministry came in when fish view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the inter-Ministerial committee that was constituted is supposed to come up with recommendations. It will be upon the lead Ministries to effect those recommendations. A recommendation on licensing of these establishments certainly cannot be implemented by the Ministry of Fisheries Development. It will be implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. Although it is a larger team that drew membership from different Ministries, the recommendations, certainly, will be implemented by different Ministries. We, in the Ministry of Fisheries Development, cannot implement the issue of licensing these establishments. That is within the mandate of the ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so far, according to the analysis that was done, the presence of metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury was below detectable levels. Therefore, the fish is still very much safe. Before fish is allowed into the local market or exported, it must go through quality checks. view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that once the report is made available to the Ministry, I undertake to table it before this House. view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when this Question was brought to the Ministry, we were of the same view as hon. Mututho has just stated. We wrote to the Clerk of the National Assembly, indicating that this matter fell largely within the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, because of the environmental issues that cut across the Question. However, we were instructed to proceed and answer the Question to the best of our ability, and that is what I have done. view
• 30 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view