Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: have reached where they are because of the fight against corruption. In China, whether you are a tiger or a fish, it does not matter. I went to a place where I wanted to exchange dollars for the local currency and one of the bankers helped me out and told me that he could not take a tip. That is how China is. I think we should even stop giving tips because that institutionalises corruption. When you give a tip, somebody will give you better services. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The business community produces their products, but they cannot meet the international standards. The Government should help SMEs to add value to their products. Once you add value, the product can compete in the international market. Many of our exports are agricultural products. We have been exporting coffee and tea. We produce very good tea, which is one of the best in the world. So, it is good for the Government to help farmers in value addition. Our exports will have higher value if we do value addition. We had the Africa Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), where Americans were giving ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: We should not just stop at that memorandum on avocadoes. How I wish that we can identify farmers and give them some funding so that they can plant avocadoes and produce them in huge quantities. In this country, we import almost everything, even semen for heaven’s sake. The other day my cow was on heat and… view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Semen, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You know what semen is. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: For cows. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: We have the Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Production Institute (KEVEVAPI) in Upper Kabete and they should pull up their socks and produce a hybrid that can increase milk and meat productivity as opposed to farmers going for imports. I was surprised that the semen we are using is not from this country. I visited the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) only to be told that the semen produced locally is of inferior quality as opposed to the one from the Netherlands and many farmers prefer the latter. So, for us to bridge this trade deficit, we must embrace innovation because it is ... view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: graduates of law who have started dairy farming and they are doing very well. So, the mentality of our youth that they must be employed when they finish university must change. view
• 24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I second. view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. In the last Parliament, I was on the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations and at that time, this project was called “San Marco”. I have just realised that it has been changed to Luigi Broglio and I have just been told that this was a leading scientist in the project. The project is in Malindi, but it is owned by the Italian Government. We have never been given a cost-benefit analysis. In the last Parliament, when we had these negotiations, I had opportunity to visit the facility. ... view
• 23 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: small position they are giving Kenyans of a deputy CEO, in terms of functions, is merely for administration work. Many of the functions will be carried out by the CEO and the Chairman knows about that. It is very unfortunate to come to the Floor to advance these interests. The Kshs25 million is totally insignificant because they benefit too much. How I wish the Committee renegotiated further. As the Chairman speaks here, even in his own mind, he does not support it. He knows we are getting a raw deal out of this Agreement. He knows we were advancing to ... view