Hon Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah

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• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: animal feeds. This is something that is very progressive. You would be astonished to learn that since we passed this Bill last year - and I say this with a lot of pain because a majority of my constituencies are in Kikuyu and the people of Kiambu County, because of the small landholding they have, they depend on animal husbandry in livestock, poultry farming and rearing of pigs. The increases that were there in the prices of a bag of animal feeds; the price rose from an average of Kshs.400 to Kshs.500 per bag. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that because of the increased prices of animal feeds throughout the country, we have seen occasions where our farmers are losing out even on our local market for the products like milk and eggs. You will be astonished to learn that in the markets that are right next to the City of Nairobi, where most of our farmers have been bringing their produce, especially eggs, it is cheaper to buy them from outside the country. It has now become cheaper to import eggs from Tanzanian farmers in Arusha to our towns around Nairobi ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that because of the increased prices of animal feeds throughout the country, we have seen occasions where our farmers are losing out even on our local market for the products like milk and eggs. You will be astonished to learn that in the markets that are right next to the City of Nairobi, where most of our farmers have been bringing their produce, especially eggs, it is cheaper to buy them from outside the country. It has now become cheaper to import eggs from Tanzanian farmers in Arusha to our towns around Nairobi ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Indeed, I congratulate the Mover of this Bill, hon. Mbadi. This is what leadership is all about. It is this House that passed this Bill. I call upon the county governments because the same things are happening in the county governments, where you will find county assemblies passing finance bills which are detrimental and prejudicial to the national economy, to be bold enough and have the kind of leadership skills that we see in hon. Mbadi and Members of this House. They should even go back to the decisions that we have made as a House and review them for ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Indeed, I congratulate the Mover of this Bill, hon. Mbadi. This is what leadership is all about. It is this House that passed this Bill. I call upon the county governments because the same things are happening in the county governments, where you will find county assemblies passing finance bills which are detrimental and prejudicial to the national economy, to be bold enough and have the kind of leadership skills that we see in hon. Mbadi and Members of this House. They should even go back to the decisions that we have made as a House and review them for ... view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, when we come to the Third Reading, I will move an amendment to touch on locally manufactured pharmaceutical products. It has become cheap again for pharmaceutical products to be imported from China and India. I say this with a lot of pain because there is a pharmaceutical company in my constituency which has employed over 1,000 people. Last month, it had to retrench over The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, when we come to the Third Reading, I will move an amendment to touch on locally manufactured pharmaceutical products. It has become cheap again for pharmaceutical products to be imported from China and India. I say this with a lot of pain because there is a pharmaceutical company in my constituency which has employed over 1,000 people. Last month, it had to retrench over The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 300 people. These were young Kenyans who were earning a living from this company but they are now jobless because the price of pharmaceutical products has become unmanageable because of the VAT Bill. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: 300 people. These were young Kenyans who were earning a living from this company but they are now jobless because the price of pharmaceutical products has become unmanageable because of the VAT Bill. view
• 26 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore, I support this Bill and I will move the amendment at the right time. view