Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 May 2022 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I thank the Chairperson of the Committee for giving me the opportunity to second this Bill which is important. At the onset of devolution in the Republic of Kenya, one of the functions devolved to county governments in the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution is agriculture. This is just to provide policy and legal framework concerning cotton issues that we have in the country. I have seen that Nandi, which is in the North Rift, is not among the counties that grow cotton. In Rift Valley, we have Baringo, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kajiado, Kericho, ... view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: One of the areas of the Big Four Agenda was manufacturing. We have Rivatex in the Rift Valley. We also want to see Kisumu County establish their textile industry whose raw material is cotton. We wanted to establish a national dress, but we did not have the capacity. Most view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: dealers find the talk about promoting the local cotton industry as a threat to their livelihoods. They imagine that we are undermining their industry. That is not the position. We can complement the two industries as the country builds capacity. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: I hope they will promote the diversification of cotton products. Nandi County welcomes this proposal. Since we are neighboring Kericho and your County, it will be easy to catch up. Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 11(f) says: “Promote the marketing of cotton products and by-products in both local and foreign markets.” view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: This is important. As you walk down the Oxford Street in London, Main District, you can see a shop that is Kenyan. This is where you can buy Kenyan products like the famous Maasai shukas, kiondos, among other artefacts . view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: I wish that one day, you can buy Kenyan products in Paris, London, New York and anywhere else in the world. The Dubai Expo 2020 did not happen because of COVID-19 lockdown challenges. However, we want to walk into a shop in Dubai and find something Kenyan. That is how we can revive the cotton industry in this country. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: My third point is on the role of county governments. From the onset, I was emphatically that it is important for the national Government as per the design of devolution to come up with a legal and policy framework. Thereafter, it is now for counties to embrace. view
• 31 Mar 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, in the region where we come from, most of our population are farmers and depend on farming; be it sugarcane, dairy or coffee farming. How then do we diversify? Although we share the nucleus of Chemelil Kibos and other sugar companies, you know sugarcane has been facing rough times. You also know the challenges in the maize and dairy farming. How do we diversify? It is a challenge for counties and we should put in place a policy and legal framework for diversification. In Kisumu County, they can encourage cotton farming so that when sugarcane farming is ... view