Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Therefore, Madam Temporary Speaker, we are giving powers to the county assembly to have that capacity and autonomy, it is because they are playing an oversight role. They are the ones who are at the grassroots level to ensure the effectiveness of oversight. However, the Governors are so smart that they have turned the Members of County Assembly (MCAs) into their Public Relation Officers (PROs) by saying, “I will come and do this or that project.” They should, instead, be interrogating these governors but, unfortunately, that is what the governors are doing. That is why we want to ensure that ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: I can see that my time is almost up. The Bill says that:- 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
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: “Every statutory instrument made after the commencement of this Act shall stand referred to the Committee or any other that may be established for the purpose of reviewing and scrutiny of statutory instruments.” This is key. They have also spoken about relevant considerations, and this is also guiding the county assemblies. Therefore, county assemblies must ensure that when they are scrutinising these statutory instruments, they must be keen. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude, I remember that even in my own county, there is a time when the MCAs rejected passage of supplementary budget proposals. It subsequently became a huge ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that my time is up. I beg to support this Bill and look forward, during the amendments stage, to bring more amendments so that we can make sure that devolution works in both the spirit and letter of article 174 of the Constitution. I look forward, in the future, that the Devolution Conference should not be turned into a cultural event; but into a development event where we share real ideas on how to better the lives of our people across our country. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to second this important Bill by the distinguished Senator for Kericho County, Sen. Cheruiyot. He has done excellently in terms of giving out the background of what ails the tea sector. Madam Temporary Speaker, from the onset, the tea sector has been left at the expense of a liturgy and cartels who ensure that farmers, anywhere you go – from Bomet, Kericho, Nandi or even the former central province, among other areas that grow tea – there are always complains. Madam Temporary Speaker, as Sen. Cheruiyot has said clearly, we rely on tea. Out of ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, we look forward in the future, even as we struggle to devolve even maize – because we plant both maize and tea – to have the headquarters maybe in Eldoret. We should also have Kenya Cooperatives Creameries (KCC) Headquarters in Elgeyo Marakwet so that we avoid the clogging that we experience here in Nairobi because the real action and the spirit of devolution happens there. In terms of the functions of the authority, I agree entirely with most of it. Agriculture is fully devolved. When the Cabinet Secretary comes in, I agree with the Mover of the ... view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Licensing tea dealers is very important. This is because there are people who sit in London and imagine that they can buy our tea at the price they want. There are people who are stretching themselves in the wide beaches of Mombasa, waiting like predators, reap maximum from our tea. The least person who benefits on the food chain is the tea farmer. There are people whose business is brokerage. They just exploit tea farmers in Mombasa. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Tea is one of the highly taxed products, with almost 37 forms of taxation. There is even a matter in court – I do not know whether it has been disposed of - where the County Government of Mombasa did not want to add another levy on the tea because it a gateway of exporting our tea in this Republic. view
• 13 Mar 2019 in Senate: Over taxation has ensured that farmers do not get value for what they work hard for. Farmers get injured and face many other challenges. Small-scale farmers and people who work in the tea sector get injured during pruning and so on. This licensing will weed out the rogue ‘tenderpreneurs’, brokers and other cartels that exploit tea farmers at any given time. The other important point I want to add is on provision of advisory services on tea production and quality enhancement. That is very crucial because there was introduction of purple tea. Many people are not happy because they do ... view