Amos Kimunya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5361 to 5370 of 6175.

• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) has not been signed. So, it falls outside the agreements that the hon. Member may be talking about. What happened is that in December or November, 2007, when the existing agreement was just about to lapse – that is come midnight of 31st December, 2007 - the EU would have had to apply taxes on our flowers and horticultural products, an interim arrangement was entered into which was basically initialing the negotiated document at that point. That is what has been safeguarding our products that are entering the European market from ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you will appreciate, there are two human rights commissions. There is the KHRC which is a stand-alone civil society activism group and there is the KNCHR which is a Government-funded organization. The Government-funded organization has been very responsible and has not got itself into the kind of situation that the other one has got itself into in terms of misinforming the public. When I mentioned that in 2001 we established a structure for engaging the members of public and the manufacturers, that structure did not exclude the civil society and, indeed, all the people who ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with the freedom of expression that this Government has been very keen to support and encourage, we cannot stop anyone from going out there and telling people what they believe is their opinion of the process. We can encourage people to ignore giving their opinions until we, as a Government, give them the right opinion. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just said a minute ago that we are involving our farmers. The Kenya Flower Council, the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya and the Fish Producers and Exporters Association are part of this negotiation process. These have been picked because they have direct exports that go to the EU. In terms of our farmers, the Kenya National Federation of Farmers has been part of feeding us into the process. It is not just the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Agriculture is part of this negotiation process. The Ministry of Agriculture then links us ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, speaking from the Government perspective, I am aware that the Ministry of Agriculture is working in terms of increasing the productivity of our wheat farming regardless of the duty waivers. On the duty issue, we do not have a choice. We are in a common market--- view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will allow me not to be the spokesperson for the Minister for Agriculture. I can speak on behalf of the Government, and basically say that the Government is committed to ensuring there is high production of wheat. It is the extra production that will save the wheat farmer. It is what will reduce the overall overhead cost that is being now borne by a small producer, because all the costs have to be met. This is what will make the Kenyan wheat to be competitive as compared to wheat imported from outside the country. As ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have confirmed that the Minister is not here and I wish to seek the indulgence of the House until we find out what is happening and why he has delayed. In the meantime, the Chair should defer this Question to this afternoon when we have traced him. I am also aware that he was travelling to Arusha for the East African Community but I need to know the status of his Assistant Minister. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let us work on tomorrow. I will trace the Minister and ask him to bring the answer tomorrow. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Much obliged, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it looks like we have the same problem. I would like to urge that we defer the Question to Tuesday next week when we have the facts on exactly where they are. view