Christopher Omulele

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• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: The Member for Mandera West, you are saying you desire an extra week of recess. That is well. We shall now have the Member for Kimilili, Hon. Barasa. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: The Member for Bureti Constituency, the Floor is yours. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Let us have the Member for Lari. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Next is the Member for Isiolo North. The Member for Lari you did not get an opportunity to speak because you were in school with me but because it was your turn to speak. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Members, the time being 7.00 p.m., the House stands adjourned until Tuesday, 7th November 2017 at 2.30 p.m. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: The House rose at 7.00 p.m. view
• 12 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this matter. Sugar is sweet. I do not understand why the producers of this commodity that is so sweet do not get their payment on time or at all, for that matter. I want to thank my friend, the Member for Tinderet for bringing this particular Motion. The issue of sugar is more deeply rooted than we really care to deal with. Why do I say this? I say this because matters sugar in this country are basically controlled and managed under the Sugar Act. Under ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: managed by the Authority. For a long time in this country the farmer has not been paid. Under this Authority, we also have licences issued to importers of sugar in this country. We have sugar imported from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region under what is called COMESA safeguards. These safeguards are now coming to a close. The coming to a close of the COMESA safeguards portends the real death to sugar-cane farming in this country. Why do I say this? Under the COMESA safeguards, the sugar authority in the country said we had a shortfall ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: money ends up again in the hands of middlemen. There are many middlemen. There are people with money who go and buy young cane from farmers because farmers have problems; they have not been paid. So, they buy the cane before it is mature and they give those farmers a little money and they wait for the sugar-cane to mature. When it matures, they offload it to the millers and the farmer at the end of the day loses. The sugar-cane farmer in this country needs protection. I pray that when the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives is in ... view