Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi

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• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Having said that, I would like to address an issue about the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. It is such an important Ministry for our country. We have seen cases of importation of maize and the collapse of industries within the agriculture sector. We have seen problems in the coffee and the sugar industries. I am waiting for the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to table a report so that we can have the Sugar Bill go into the Second Reading. view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, farmers are suffering because of bad policies and mismanagement of departments and directorates. Key crops like coffee, tea and sugar have not been run properly. We have barons and cartels in the sugar sector. These are importers who have brought down the sugar industry. Coffee brokers almost brought down the coffee sector. There is mismanagement in the tea industry. We must streamline the affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation to support what the Ministry is doing. I had opportunity to speak to the Cabinet Secretary about farmers of Nzoia Sugar Company who are owed ... view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support this Report. view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to give an update to Members, on the status of disbursement of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) for the Financial Year 2020/2021 and the previous years. Firstly, I wish to remind Members that the Fund allocation and receipts to date for the Financial Year 2020/2021 is Kshs 41.7148. Section 39(2) of the Act provides that disbursement of funds to the constituencies fund account shall be effected at the beginning of each quarter of the financial year, with an initial amount equivalent to 25 per cent of ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: The National Treasury has been disbursing Kshs 2 billion every week from 11th August 2020 to 10th May 2021. So far, we have received a total of Kshs41.714 billion which was allocated to the NG-CDF for the entire financial year. That means the law has been complied with as per Section 32 of the CDF Act. This is how the amount has been given to the constituencies. An amount of Kshs36.633billion has been disbursed to constituencies while Kshs 1.365 billion has been disbursed to the board secretariat. At the moment, the board is at the process of disbursing Kshs 3.7148 ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I thank the National Treasury because they kept their word of making weekly disbursements. I also urge colleagues to spend these funds towards the projects as earmarked, so that we make treads in developing our areas. Again, I want to conclude by saying that as the year is drawing to an end, next year is an election year, I urge Members to prepare early, to identify projects early — if you have ongoing projects identify them, if you have new projects identify them early — so that when we close the year, you will immediately present the ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I know that NG-CDF is not just for the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Committee, it is for the entire House — all the Members of this House. So, the Budget and Appropriations Committee should not wait to be pushed. I appeal to Hon. Samuel Atandi that, while I appreciate what you did, you should not wait to be pushed to capture this in the Budget. The Ksh4.9 billion alluded to will not be Ksh18 million or Ksh20 million as stated by Hon. Atandi. The amount of Ksh13.7 billion given to all constituencies will be ... view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to speak on this Report on the Formulation of Parliamentary Broadcasting Channels, tabled by Hon. Kizito, the distinguished Member for Shinyalu and Chair of the Committee. From the outset, the Committee has done a good job and deserves to be commended. I also served on the Parliamentary Broadcasting and Library Committee between 1997 and 2002, when the idea of a live broadcast was mooted. We had the popular “ Leo Katika Bunge” Programme which came after the news, every time we had a session of Parliament. It was a very popular ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity to express myself on this important Bill before the House. I have sat here patiently from when the debate on this Bill started. I was interested to express myself because, in this House, I am the only leader of a party and a luminary who appended the signature at the Kenya International Convention Centre (KICC). I would like, at the outset, to restate that I support BBI. My position has not changed. I also want to state that the position of my party, FORD-K, has not changed. The right FORD-K I lead supports ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: country will get its fair share. Some of us represent huge constituencies. It is now the chance for the people of Kanduyi to get an additional constituency. I appeal to my colleagues to support this amendment Bill. view