Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 6101 to 6110 of 6624.

• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope the Senate Committee on Energy, Roads and Transportation and other relevant committees that you will commit this Petition to, ensure there is justice for these people of Kiambu County and even Nairobi City County and also the one being processed about Uasin Gishu County on the Eldoret bypass. We must respect the rights of the people. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: As a Senate Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, we will also be willing to work with any committee that you will assign this Petition to so that we can move forward. The one being presided over by KeRRA has gone to the rot and I hope they are listening and can be able to address some of these challenges. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: I support. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to comment on this issue because at one point after the Committee of the Whole, the Chair of the Committee on Devolved Government and Inter-Governmental Relations, the Chair of the Committee on Health and I presented an interim report. However, since this is a weighty matter that affects many counties which are facing a lot of problems, it has cross-cutting issues. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I propose that with your Solomonic wisdom, that this issue be re-assigned to a Committee of the Whole of the entire Senate so that these issues can be ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I know that we are rushing through and my worry is that we might not do justice to this debate. All the same, I can proceed. First, I want to support and agree that there are many issues that we have canvassed. We grow a lot of maize in Mosop, Nandi County. We have agreed that the genesis of all these problems was Gazette Notice No.3575 and the formation of the Inter- Ministerial Committee which ensured that an extra 9 million bags were imported. That is what condemned farmers to oblivion, poverty and the ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: That is why we are extending the time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir- -- view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for coming to the rescue of maize farmers and Members of the ad hoc Committee. I agree that the genesis of these issues was the Gazette Notice No.3575, which led to the importation of extra 9 million bags that was sanctioned by the committee that sat on 21st June, 2017, and approved in the subsequent minutes later. That increased the problems of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: the farmers because the opening the window for importation of maize was being done at the time they were harvesting maize in Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Bungoma and other parts of this country. It is sad that the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Food Security that was attended by high-ranking Government official decided to ruin our farmers. That meeting was attended by Cabinet Secretaries and it was chaired by the Head of Public Service, Mr. Joseph K. Kinyua. In as much as the matter is in court and we have names like Lesiyampe and others being mentioned, I urge the ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there should also be a national soil mapping in this country, so that we can check the acidity level of the soil that we have in this country and, therefore, assist farmers. We should also see county governments creating county emergency funds. County governments and the national Government should ensuring that extension officers assist farmers. view