26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
With the loss sometime last year of the production of beer from these food crops like millet, sorghum and cassava, many of our farmers in areas like Kericho and Bomet in the Rift Valley and sections of Ukambani and Central Kenya where these crops were grown have been suffering. Secondly, and as I mentioned earlier, many of our people especially in the areas that we come from have suffered out of the consumption of illicit brews. What we intend to do is basically just to take back the remission to where it was initially before a legal notice was done ...
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Actually, I was done and was only appealing to the Members of this House to support this Bill because it is in the best interest not only of farmers but also of our people who are dying of this illicit alcohol.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Yes, the amendment. Yes, I have concluded.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, indeed, it is true that this Bill and the amendments went to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The same Bill and the amendments were submitted to the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee and were approved. As much as hon. Gichigi may not have been in the Budget and Appropriations Committee at the time they were submitted, I do not know why he would aver that.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my appeal is that we report progress on this Bill as we consult with the Committee concerned.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am saying that I forwarded the Bill and the amendments that I intended to make. There was another amendment which another Member had forwarded and I was confident that they had been forwarded to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. That is why I would seek your indulgence that we report progress as I consult.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
I kindly beg your indulgence to consult.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, when it came back and amendments were put on the Order Paper, I assumed, and rightly so, that the Budget and Appropriations Committee had transacted that business. The amendments had also been approved by the Legal Department. That is why I beg your indulgence that we report progress as we consult with the Members of the Committee and the Chair.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, indeed, I hear them. I hear hon. Gichigi and hon. Aden. But as much as hon. Gichigi says that this is a big matter at the Treasury, for me and for hon. Gichigi, who comes from the same region, the bigger matter is the hundreds of our youth, old men and at times women, who are being maimed by these illicit brews. People are dying and losing sight every day in our localities. I beg that since you had allowed us to consult, we proceed that way.
view
26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I insist. I beg your indulgence, even with your reluctance that you allow us to report progress and allow us time to consult.
view