Dr. Christopher Andrew Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: work. This is extremely unfair. As legislators, we are the voice of the people and we cannot shy away from condemning that which is wrong. I, therefore, wish to bring this matter to the attention of the Senate. I would also urge the Committee on Health to investigate this matter. The national Government should address this matter with the urgency that it deserves with the view of bringing the remaining 49 medics back home pending investigation of the unjust memorandum of understanding. view
• 19 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for also giving me this opportunity to welcome these students from Nyeri. They are our children and we love them so much. When we see them here, they bring our homes closer to us. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senator for Nyeri has told us that he was a classmate of the Senator for Siaya County in Alliance High School. These students might think that this is a House for only those students who went to Alliance High. I was a day-scholar somewhere, and I am here. I, therefore, want to encourage them that they can ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I also join you in welcoming the students who have visited the Senate today and are seated in the Gallery. I want to do this with a lot of happiness because, when students from my County, Bomet, visited this particular Senate, they demanded that they be addressed by Sen. Wetangula from Bungoma. So, I want to tell these particular students from Bungoma and the others, I am not sure where they are coming from, that they have a great Senator, who is well known throughout this country and that when students from ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I want to tell them that this is a House that helps to protect the counties that they come from; this is the House that legislates laws that help to boost the progress and development of different counties. This is also the House that is highly respected throughout this country and is a very important House that they should aspire to be in future. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I would have also wished that they arrived here when we are roasting one another through very interesting debates. It is only that they arrived earlier when we are doing one or two things smoothly. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I welcome them to this House. I would also like to appreciate that your county has produced a very brilliant Speaker of the Senate by the name, hon. Kenneth Lusaka. I think it is a county that we should encourage our people from various counties to seek wives from in future, so that we share the brilliance. This is a county that produces very important people. Thank you very much Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice on this Bill. Three quarters of Bomet County, where I come from, consists of tea growers. It is the main cash crop that people rely on. I was in this Committee when we went round looking for the issues that are facing tea farmers. We realised that tea farmers in this country have got a lot of issues. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: The KTDA which is now managing the tea industry is facing a lot of challenges, ranging from even the mistrust by the farmers themselves. It also has got issues to do with marketing and regulating this industry. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: This Bill has come at the right time to save the farmers from several issues that they are currently facing. I support it fully. I also support the idea that the headquarters be in Kericho because it produces almost three quarters of the tea in the industry. Therefore, I think it is very much in order to have the headquarters there. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to add my voice on the same Clause 5(2)(a), that: “Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), the Authority shall – (a) in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary, initiate the formulation of policies and make rules to regulate the tea industry.” Tea, being in agriculture and largely a devolved function, I would have wished that it be in consultation with the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and governors in the tea growing areas be involved. view