Davis Wafula Nakitare

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on zoning and the catchment areas, millers have been put together in a zone that provides a catchment area for them. This ensures that companies have an opportunity to operate and compete in terms of pricing. This gives the farmer an opportunity to benefit from that catchment area. That catchment area turning into a zone gives the farmers an opportunity to equally get representation in the sugar board. Therefore, we are dealing with a scenario where the boundaries will give the companies an opportunity to harvest cane from those areas and give farmers from those areas ... view
• 21 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that the Sugar Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 34 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. This has been a contentious Bill for many years. Many political activists, political leaders, and business people have taken Kenyans round in circles just to meet their political appetite and business agenda. view
• 21 Mar 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries led by my Chairman the Senate Majority Leader and I, the co-sponsor of the Bill, decided to turn a new leaf in the history of this country and the sugar industry, that we put to rest the political gymnastics around the sugar industry. The sugar industry is not a political platform to resurrect political dimwits or a political mortuary where morticians will want to find relevance to resurrect their political lives. That is why yours truly the Senator of Bungoma County came up with this Bill to ensure that ... view
• 21 Mar 2024 in Senate: The Bill also has an element of arbitration. The Chief Justice (CJ) has the opportunity to select a team to arbitrate cases of misunderstanding, mitigate conflict among stakeholders and bring sanity to the industry. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Bill introduces the Sugar Board, which at some point, disappeared from existence. The board will ensure that the regulations are instilled and maintained. It will also ensure the regulations pertaining to the industry are adhered to without any intimidation from any quarter. Kenyans have been waiting for a sugar board that will dictate and give signals to the country on the amount ... view
• 20 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Question is as follows: (a) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a timeline for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Lwakhakha-Chwele-Kimilili-Kamukuywa Road to accommodate the increasing traffic, including heavy trucks plying the route? (b) Could the Cabinet Secretary indicate the progress made in acquiring land for the expansion of the said road, stating the due diligence followed and the timelines for compensation of residents whose land will be acquired for the project? Thank you. view
• 20 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Question is as follows: (a) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide a timeline for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Lwakhakha-Chwele-Kimilili-Kamukuywa Road to accommodate the increasing traffic, including heavy trucks plying the route? (b) Could the Cabinet Secretary indicate the progress made in acquiring land for the expansion of the said road, stating the due diligence followed and the timelines for compensation of residents whose land will be acquired for the project? Thank you. view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the outcome of the assessment by the African population and Health Research Center on the policy and institutional constraints to the availability and supply of medical oxygen in Kenya. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State the scope of the research conducted by the African Population and Health Research Center on policy and institutional constraints on the availability and supply of medical oxygen in hospitals countrywide, with a focus on the methodology and criteria used in ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health regarding the outcome of the assessment by the African population and Health Research Center on the policy and institutional constraints to the availability and supply of medical oxygen in Kenya. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) State the scope of the research conducted by the African Population and Health Research Center on policy and institutional constraints on the availability and supply of medical oxygen in hospitals countrywide, with a focus on the methodology and criteria used in ... view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: (2) Explain the measures put in place by the Ministry of Health to implement the research findings and subsequent recommendations. (3) Outline any other measures put in place by the Ministry to bolster medical oxygen availability and affordability. view
• 19 Mar 2024 in Senate: (2) Explain the measures put in place by the Ministry of Health to implement the research findings and subsequent recommendations. (3) Outline any other measures put in place by the Ministry to bolster medical oxygen availability and affordability. view