Edward Oku Kaunya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.381 of 2021 to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain whether construction of the Busia-Malaba Road has been carried out as per the set standards and explain why it has already developed potholes before the contractor hands over the project to the Ministry? (ii) What action is the Ministry taking to address the substandard works already done on the project and ensure that set standards and specifications are adhered to? (iii) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain delays in the ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, Hon. Speaker. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 44(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock regarding distribution of cotton seeds to farmers for the 2021 planting season and the revival of the cotton industry. view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: In the 2020 planting season, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock provided cotton seeds and pesticides to farmers following the launch of the BT cotton on 11th March 2020 at Alupe in Busia. During the launch, the Cabinet Secretary promised to avail BT cotton seeds to farmers from the last season, 2020 to 2021 season. In 2020, farmers produced 60 tonnes of cotton. Farmers in Teso North were provided with 11 tonnes of ordinary cotton seeds by the Ministry as it prepared to fully avail the BT cotton seeds at the onset of the current planting season, which began in ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: In an effort to revive the cotton industry in Kenya, there were plans to revive cotton ginneries in addition to facilitating cotton farmers. The Malaba/Malakisi Farmers’ Co-operative Society, which draws farmers from Teso North and Teso South constituencies and parts of Bungoma County, in a bid to jumpstart cotton production, managed to install two machines at Malaba/Malakisi Ginnery, which were commissioned on 15th March 2021. It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, to address the following: (i) Could the Chairperson explain the status of BT cotton growing in ... view
• 23 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is directed to the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to make two comments. The first one regards the Statement by Hon. Pukose on the performance of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). As alluded to by a number of Members, it is true that some of these independent bodies and commissions have not performed to our expectation. However, it is also true that considering the environment in which IPOA has been operating, they have been able to perform well. This House may need to be given a report of that performance, so that Members can know. For example, we all remember ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: results have been shown. I, therefore, beg to disagree with the insinuation that they have done nothing. It is true that they need to perform to our expectations. On the second one, the issue of police performance also has quite a lot to do with the environment in which they perform. One of the things we found during the Committee’s deliberations about two weeks ago was that a number of police officers are not facilitated. It will be up to this House to look at the budgeting, more so on the ground. If police stations do not have vehicles and ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also add my voice to the Irrigation (Amendment) Bill. Other Members have talked about the importance of this Bill. The Bill is very important for this country because it intends to bring about food security. However, our greatest challenge in this country since Independence has not been the absence of resources like water. We have enough water pans, rivers and even a freshwater lake, which is the source of the River Nile. The greatest challenge has been the ability to implement certain plans that we have ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: or even rain-fed agriculture, but in the late 1980s, the National Cotton Board failed. The failure of the board resulted in all farmers losing out on cotton growing. Recently, the Government has put in efforts to try and revitalise some of the schemes. In the case of cotton, last year, the Government even launched the Biotech (Bt) Cotton, which could be grown across the country through irrigation. In launching that, the Cabinet Secretary promised that for the next few years, all farmers will get free Bt Cotton seeds. Whereas some seeds were given last year, this year, there were no ... view