David Kibet Koech

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1021 to 1030 of 1447.

• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for being open. First, farmers in the North Rift supplied maize to the NCPB last year in November, and payment of the same was done as late as June/July, this year. Our farmers rely on the proceeds from the sale of their produce to do farming; they plough it back in the next season. This year, most farmers in the country did not plant maize because they did not have money to use due to the delay by the NCPB. What mechanisms has the Ministry put in place ... view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The price of DAP fertilizer as we speak now is Kshs4,500. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead the House that the NCPB sells the fertilizer at Kshs2,000 and yet it does not have a single bag of the DAP fertilizer? view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sympathize with the farmer of this country including many, many hon. Members of Parliament who are farmers, that the Minister can state without blinking his eye that the price was reduced last year from Kshs2,300 to Kshs1,500 – a whole Kshs800 per bag reduced! view
• 7 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I am also sympathizing with the farmers because the Ministry seems to have completely absconded from its work. The Minister has indicated here that they have established a warehouse receipt system where farmers are going to store their grains in the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) silos and they can go and retrieve back the maize and sell it thereafter. Can you tell us how this system is going to work in this country? Is this not another way of delaying the payments of the sales by even more than two years? view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I come from the north Rift and, as we speak, farmers have started harvesting maize and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government was asked a very simple question: When is the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) going to open up the buying centres to mop up that produce and at what price? view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Kenyans are expectant and we must make progress, as the honorable august House. The implementation of the Constitution is now and we must make progress. We must move as a team. While I empathize with those hon. Members whose names were there earlier, I want to urge the political leadership of parties to be consulting before any lists are brought to the House. I do understand how it feels to find your name somewhere and then the next day, it is not there. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: As we make progress, I want to encourage the Committee - as I congratulate them - that there is a lot of work ahead of them. I consider that this membership of this Committee will require a lot of exposure to ensure that we fully implement the Constitution and implement it the right way. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to encourage the Committee that the structures that are going to be put in place in terms of Committees and Commissions will ensure that the lists that come to this honorable House are well balanced lists. That they are well informed lists so that we do not have squabbles on the Floor of the House. Instead, we should be united so that we can move forward. view
• 5 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I urge hon. Members of this House that we should make progress and that we should move as a team. view