Cyprian Kubai Iringo

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• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Part of my constituency is in the arid area and we also rear cattle. We have what we call the northern grazing area. When drought bites, some people take their own lives. The other day, we read in the newspapers that some herdsmen in Turkana starved to death because they had lost all their wealth. The board should come up with mechanisms to educate our pastoralists on, say, what numbers of animals to keep and when to keep them. Whenever drought bites, they should have a mechanism of culling those animals. The Board could buy the animals from the farmers, ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Botswana is a vast county. It is drier than Kenya and they have few animals compared to what we have here. However, they have managed that industry to the extent that they sell beef and other products to many parts of this world, including Britain. I was in Botswana last year. We were told that we cannot sell our meat there because our standards are poor. We were told that our abattoirs have not been vetted by the British consumers. Why do we not get this board to sit down and make sure that we get to those standards in ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Kenya, which depends on animals by letting them just manage their own livestock and, when they have problems, there is nobody to address them. We need a board which is ready to keep records and census of livestock which we have. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when it comes to epidemics that is when the Government is reactive. Even when they intervene, they intervene when all the animals have died. Nobody compensates those farmers. Therefore, the board should establish an insurance, like Hon. Duale has said, which will cushion the farmers in case of any catastrophe. That way, farmers will not incur losses. We have got so many types of livestock in this country. We have got camels, goats, sheep, cows and all of them should be counted. We should know what numbers we should keep in our farms and grazing areas ... view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I support the Bill. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the Mover because in establishing the Agency. It is important to keep it as independent as possible so that it can work autonomously without any undue influence. That is because the resources recovered will be channelled back to the Attorney-General either for prosecution or other functions. When it comes to funding, the Agency will be more strengthened and autonomous. 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
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Petition on amendment of the Traffic Act and enactment of model traffic laws in the counties. I support the Petitioners who have raised the Petition. I would request that when it goes to the Committee which is going to look into it, they should have a holistic overview of changing traffic rules and regulations. The matatu business has become a menace in this country especially in terms of the operators and how they conduct themselves on the roads, how they drive and where they pick and ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I would say that this Motion has come at the wrong time. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This Motion should have come earlier. I was cautioning myself as I sat here, but at a certain point you clarified that maybe this Motion is not targeting the current exercise, but it is futuristic, even though the Mover of the Motion felt that the futuristic should have held its horses until we go through this exercise. When you go out there, people are thinking that we are here to formulate ways of persuading them to go and register as voters. Therefore, they will sit and wait for the outcome of this Motion, so that ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: the voters card, but not by the way you sit down and arrange how to persuade them to do the same. I oppose. view