Daniel Kamuren Tuitoek

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock has said, this was as result of a request by Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu to look into the state of CRI. We visited the institute and looked at it very closely. As we all know, coffee is one of our major crops in Kenya, apart from tea and flowers. It is one of our foreign exchange earners from its export. The state of the coffee industry in Kenya has been declining. Many farmers are dependent on this crop, especially in the counties which ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: We found that there are scientists at CRI, but they are not adequate. The major problem is that young scientists are not recruited. As it has been outlined, most of them are over 50 years old. This is serious because we all know the dynamics of research. Those who carry out research intensively should be young. The KALRO is the biggest body which covers CRI. They are a little bit more dynamic than CRI. The KALRO headquarters has many branches. They deal with many areas of research. When AFFA was created, the state of research in this country went down. ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: According to the recommendations of the Committee, this Institute requires increased funding. We should revitalise this industry. I know a taskforce has come up with the way forward. We recommend that the Institute be revitalised. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I beg to second the Motion. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The Member should study this Report more. We found out that CRI has competency only that the staff was ageing and extension farming, which is one of their functions, had scaled back due to lack of funding. They have demonstrations and shows. If the Member looks at the Report closely, he will realise that the Committee raised and noted the challenges he is talking about. We agreed that something has to be done for the Institute to deliver more services to farmers. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise on a grave matter concerning a firm called Mizani Africa purported to have carried out a survey in our constituencies. We are concerned that the public may have given information which may not be factual. The information may have been half baked. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: We would like to know whether this particular firm used a particular methodology to carry out surveys in our constituencies. We would like to know whether they contacted the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board to check on all our proposals and their status before they embarked on evaluating them. We also want to know whether they contacted our fund managers in various constituencies. They may have talked to a few Members here, but they cannot purport to extend that information or conclusion to the 290 constituencies. Therefore, I want this particular firm to be investigated or the relevant Committee ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I ask for your guidance on this matter. Thank you. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. Tea is a major crop in Kenya and we all know that it brings foreign income to this nation. Tea comes in various varieties. I know we are used to the black tea but there are other varieties like purple tea and other types which nowadays are being grown by various farmers. Of late, this particular crop has not been giving returns to the farmers. The prices of tea nowadays are very low and cannot sustain farmers’ livelihoods. Being a member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and ... view