David Kibet Koech

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me, first of all, sincerely thank my good friend, hon. Wamalwa, for bringing this Motion to the House. I want to fully support the Motion. As a country, we keep on saying that agriculture is the backbone of our economy. We are talking of Vision 2030, by which we want to ensure that our economy grows from 7 per cent to 10 per cent. Therefore, there is need for us, as a country, to look at the farmer and the multinationals, who ensure that we are able to produce more. Fertilizer is a very ... view
• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, while we want to ensure that we have enough fertilizers, we should also look into the issue of affordability of the same. Due to transportation costs, imported fertilizers are naturally very expensive. Therefore, I want to believe that by establishing our own factory, we shall be able to ensure that fertilizers become affordable, and that the farmer will use very little resources to put into farming and, therefore, make some profits. Today, our farmers, especially maize farmers, just do maize farming for the sake of it. There is very little profit they can make out of ... view
• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thirdly, by establishing our own factory, we will ensure that our youth will get employment opportunities. Again, this is a very important way of creating employment for our youth. It is important that, as a country, we focus on establishing factories and industries within our country to ensure that we address this problem. As a country, we spend a lot of money in foreign exchange when we import fertilizers. If we establish our own fertilizer factory, we shall, as a country, be able to save on foreign exchange. view
• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are talking of sovereignty, which is about a country which should be independent from external forces. We can only ensure our independence if we plan our programmes on our own. By establishing our own fertilizer factory, we will actually be moving towards the independence we have always talked about. view
• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: The Motion indicates that the Government should establish the factory as soon as is practically possible. I hope that the Government does not interpret “as soon as possible” to mean ten or 15 or 30 years. The Government should be able to establish this within one year. Even if it means building two or three factories for a start, we will appreciate because it will really help to revamp the agriculture sector in our country. view
• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 31 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, most of the teachers in this grade are supposed to have retired if we did not push the retirement age to 60 years. The Assistant Minister has indicated that he expects the 123 teachers to provide their documents for verification. I expect the TSC to have all these records. If they do not have them, what are they doing to ensure that all teachers in Kenya faced with the same matter actually provide all the documents and that they undergo the Teachers Proficiency Course for promotion so that they are not left out? view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the extension to 31st May, 2011, the Assistant Minister must be aware, because he is also a parent, that most parents have been coming at the District Commissioner’s offices for registration. There are long queues there and parents have been sleeping in those compounds. The problem has been with the Ministry in charge of registration. While we appreciate the need for students having birth certificates, could the Assistant Minister consider working closely with the Ministry of State for Immigration and Registration of Persons to ensure that every child is registered within the time frame? view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very serious issue and the Minister has been asked whether he could avail the schedules to area Members of Parliament. view
• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: In my case, Kshs1.2 million was purported to have been used to plant only 50 seedlings and when I complained, what happened? The officer was transferred to pave way for investigations. Is the Minister in order to avoid confirming that he can avail the list to area Members of Parliament so that it is not only this officer who will be punished, but all those within the country who made the mistake? view