Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi

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• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The Committee has also touched on importation of sugar from COMESA countries and other countries which are not members of this common market. One of the issues which they left out is the fact that the Government has failed to restructure sugar companies. I want to come back to the point that Hon. Wangwe mentioned; that there has to be a mechanism of ensuring that the resolutions passed by this House are implemented. This House, in 2012, passed a resolution that required all sugar companies that were due for privatisation to have their financial statements restructured. This has not been ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The second thing is that the Government has deliberately neglected the sugar factories which it owns. Mumias Sugar Company is private while Nzoia Sugar Company and others are owned by the Government. The Government keeps appointing directors and management teams. It has continuously sustained obsolete equipment. Look at Nzoia Sugar Company from the time it was established in the early 1970s when you and I were still young people. Up to now, the same machines are still there and you expect them to perform efficiently and produce optimally. Modernisation is necessary to ensure that our companies can produce competitively and ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: There is also the aspect of research. We have the Sugar Research Foundation. What are they doing? In some countries, sugarcane takes eight to 10 months to mature. In our country, they take 18 to 24 months and sometimes 30 months. What kind of researchers do we have? They have not developed a variety that would ensure early maturity. By so doing, the farmers, the country, the consumers and everybody else will benefit. So, I want to appeal to the institutions concerned; the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, and the Sugar Research Foundation, to ensure that they come up ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Importers of Sugar have been licensed. Who has licensed them? It is the Government. The Government has given them licences. Even the most recent ones, which we have been making noise about - which is importation of sugar from Uganda - have been licensed by the Government. We all know that Uganda does not produce enough sugar for itself. When we are told that we are importing sugar from Uganda, it is unbelievable. Nobody can believe this. It is just intended to help a few businessmen and those barons whom we are talking about. They are people who are benefitting ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, coming back to Nzoia Sugar Company, the management mysteriously did not produce any sugar in spite of milling for three weeks. Apparently, no sugar was produced. Some mystery happened and the Government put a manager to do that. In the first six months, they lost Kshs500 million. Nzoia Sugar Company is in Government’s books. The management, Government, Mr. Joash Wamang’oli – who is the Chairman of the Board – and a few other 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
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: politicians are in charge of the company. I would like these things to be addressed so that the farmers can be paid without delay. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Report. view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to second the amendment .I am not sure what is exciting Hon. Kabando wa Kabando. view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: He is my brother. We appreciate the Motion by Hon. Mwaura as it seeks to alleviate the problems that are faced by people with disability. For it to have the strength, not just to wish that we resolve this problem, it is necessary to pass a law that will direct action to be taken. It is a resolution that this House needs to make to ensure that these actions are taken. It is, in fact, intended to increase personal safety and independence of people with disability, so that they are able to move about even in the community, workplaces, homes ... view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to also contribute to this Bill. view