Cyprian Kubai Iringo

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• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. For the three years I have stayed in this City, I have learnt a lot. I also want to confirm that I was called, but unfortunately, I was not in town, so, I did not visit them. This House must come up with a regulation which will regulate these institutions so that if it is a must that any rating be done, it should be done according to the funding which we are given and the work we do in this House as well as in committees. With that, I rest my case. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of Kimathi Munjuri, National Chairman of the Nyambene Miraa Traders Association (NYAMITA), a registered association fronting the interests of Khat (Miraa) crop and industry stakeholders draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, thousands of families in the larger Meru region growing Khat ( Catha edulis ) popularly known as Miraa have been earning a living through the sale of their crop to local and international markets in the East African region; THAT, following the declaration of Covid-19 as a global health pandemic and subsequent closure of international borders, ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: THAT, in the Financial Year 2020/2021, the Ministry of Agriculture has reduced the allocation to Miraa to a paltry Kshs200 million despite having a huge backlog of unmet expenditures overflowing from the previous financial year; THAT, despite the Miraa Community in Nathu, Igembe North Constituency Meru County donating 50 hectares of land with the approval in writing by the County Government of Meru to the Principal Secretary for Agriculture, the land remains idle; THAT, Miraa farmers do not have a single market outside of Kenya after access to Somalia, the last such international market for the crop, from March 2020 ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: funds were utilized and whether or not whole or part of the funds so allocated were diverted to other crops; (d) Engage with the relevant Ministry to establish the extent of the utilization of the allocation for Miraa research in 2019/20 Vote D1165 Sub-Vote 1165103902, Vote lines 3111300, 3111400 and 3130100 with a view to recommending appropriate action; and, (e) Intervene through the relevant ministries to ensure that restrictive levies imposed on Miraa trading in the country comply with the law and are harmonized across the counties. And your Petitioners will ever pray. Thank you. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Petition. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Sorry, to comment. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, before I comment, let me take great exception from the immediate speaker and confirm here in this House that I chew Miraa every weekend and I am sober. When we talk of Miraa being a drug, that one I would disagree with because, in essence, every other person in Meru - especially Nyambene area - have Miraa . I have a Miraa plantation. We chew Miraa and people there are doing their work like any other person. If you want to take exception, take exception with beer, chang'aa, bangi and the like. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: does not affect anybody's health. Even matatus get accidents. Having said that, this Petition is very timely and I even have a question on the same. The people from Igembe North, South, Central and some parts of Imenti are suffering because this is the most income-generating crop. The markets have been closed. Some counties are closing the same because of the views of my brother from Ndaragwa. However, be informed that this is a cash crop like any other. The President assented to it in 2016 and it is just like sugar-cane or any other crop. Therefore, if we have ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Energy the following Question: (i) When will public institutions in Igembe South Constituency including Kalamane Dispensary, Akui Primary School, Thubai Primary School, Gatai Tea Buying Centre and Auki Dispensary be connected to the National Power Grid in line with the Government Policy under the Last Mile Connectivity programme? (ii) What measures have been put in place to ensure that all the public institutions in Igembe South Constituency, which are yet to be connected to the National Grid are connected as soon as possible? view