David S. Kamau Mwenje

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 129.

• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, the issuing of written answers to hon. Members is done by Parliament. Once we hand them to it, it should hand them over to the Questioners. I beg to reply. Coffee farmers in Bomet have not been given any funds under the STABEX programme because they have never applied for them. How do we give money to people who never applied for it? Money is never given freely until you apply. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member knows very well that coffee co-operative societies qualify to apply for this money. Bomet coffee farmers have not applied for these funds. Secondly, it is only in 2002, when farmers in Bomet started growing coffee. STABEX funds are purely for the development of coffee farming. The quantity of coffee harvested from Bomet District is very little. It was never even taken to the factories. People simply sold it among themselves. According to our records held by the Co-operative Bank of Kenya, they have not sold any coffee at all. Therefore, they are not qualified ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Questions on STABEX funds have come more than ten times to this House. So, the information is there. In any case, the applicant who wants to apply for a loan is the one who would go to a bank and get the information. Otherwise, we are not going to hold barazas to give that information. The money is there in the bank and anybody willing to apply for it, will be given the procedure and information that they require. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have over Kshs5.8 billion to lend to coffee farmers who are willing to show how much they have grown. I would like to take this opportunity to inform the House that the Co-operative Bank has asked farmers, through the radio, to go for the money because we have a lot of it. But it will be calculated in accordance to the amount of cherries that have been delivered to the factories. Even the amounts that were spent under STABEX have now been refunded. So, the Co-operative Bank is saturated and comfortable with money. If only the ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can sign it right here. I do not know how he got an unsigned answer because it should be signed, unless he got it through some other means. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that almost 75 per cent of the co-operative societies are on the verge of collapse due to mismanagement and uncontrolled loans. Out of the current 11,000 registered co- operative societies, over 7,000 are, indeed, active. That is approximately 65 per cent of the total registered co-operative societies. The difference, which is 35 per cent ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just mentioned that we have reviewed the Co-operative Societies Act including rules which culminated in ordering of fresh elections. As you know, recently, we held elections in all co-operative societies in the country. So, currently, those members in the management team are all new. Those members who were involved in the land buying companies have also been ordered to sub-divide the remaining land. We are in the process of winding up all those co-operative societies which have not accomplished the original objective of co-operative societies when they bought the land. They are supposed to ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree totally with hon. Bett that there is need to bring a SACCO (Amendment) Bill to give powers to the Ministry so that we are able to deal with co-operative socities. Indeed, the SACCO (Amendment) Bill is now in its preparation stage. We have already forwarded the draft Bill to the Office of the Attorney-General to look at it again. We hope he will be able to finalise his part very soon and then we will soon table the Bill in this House. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I knew the hon. Member would ask about co- operative socities in Trans Nzoia District in particular since he comes from that area although he asked the Question in general. It is important to inform him that Trans Nzoia District has 278 dormant co-operative societies and 111 active societies, thus 71 per cent of the co-operative societies are active. Therefore, Trans Nzoia co-operative societies were also affected by the liberalisation process and lack of capital. These are mainly the co-operative socities for cereal marketing. We have also those which are dealing with farm purchases which are ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is the third time that this Question by Mr. Mbau is being listed on the Order Paper. It is always being deferred. Although I am a member of this society and I can declare my interest, would I be in order to say that this Question should not be listed again on the Order Paper because I have always come here to answer it and each time it is called out, he is absent? view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. First and foremost, some of the organisations that have been mentioned are companies and not co-operative societies. Wendano, Matuu and Kianzabe are private companies which are outside my jurisdiction. I would advise the Questioner to address that matter to the office of the Attorney- General for an appropriate answer. My reply is, therefore, restricted to co-operative societies which, in this case, are Matingi and Kayatta. (a) I am aware that coffee farming activities in the two societies had earlier been neglected by previous committees. However, the societies are currently rehabilitating the coffee farms. ... view