Edwin Ochieng Yinda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister said that some contracts are not ready yet. When does he think those contracts which are not ready, will be ready? view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The contracts between the tea factories, the KTDA and brokers. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: From the answer that the Assistant Minister gave. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I had a balance of 17 minutes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, last time before the House adjourned, I was on my feet contributing to the Tea (Amendment) Bill. I was talking about the KTDA and its formation and who are the owners of KTDA. As I said, it is the small scale farmers who are the owners of KTDA. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as KTDA stands now, it has also created a lot of other companies on behalf of the small scale farmers. We have the KTDA power generation companies, tea trading and warehousing, insurance brokerage, microfinance resources, tea cultivation, processing and marketing and the tea packers limited. Once upon a time, it is a company, which was known as Brook Bond that was largely running the tea packers in this country. That has since been taken by KTDA on behalf of the small scale tea farmers. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: My point was that KTDA has done a lot of good. There are a lot of other issues that have come to the Floor of the House. It is prudent for this House to look at issues with a clear vision. Instead of breaking up what is already working, we should look at ways and means of restructuring it. The Americans put it that why fix it, if it is not broken. I have the same view. I agree that there is need for some restructuring on KTDA. There is a lot that can be done. For example, reducing the ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there were speakers who talked about tea brokerage in Mombasa. Brokers in Mombasa are actually professionals and they add value to the tea trade. I want to educate the Members that the work of brokers is not simply selling tea in the auction. When tea is sold in the auction and there are price variations, especially when there is a mark which is doing very well and all of a r sudden there is a reduction on the interest or the prices being sought are low; it is up to the brokers to get to ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, many people talk about, let the factories sell their tea direct. Sell it direct to whom? The buyers who you are selling to are already here in the auctions. Even for those buyers, prices are determined, not only on basis of the Kenyan tea, but it is based on what else is selling in other countries. What is the Indian tea selling at? What is the Sri Lankan tea selling at? What is the Taiwan tea selling at? How much of Kenyan tea do we want? How much of a mixture of all the tea ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: At the moment, the tea factories are allowed to sell tea privately. They are allowed. The law allows them. But they cannot because when you make deals with private people, those are the areas where corruption creeps in. When you are making a deal between two people, I would give you this price, give me your tea. Nobody else is really there to determine whether that price you are being given is the correct market price. But when you go to the auction, everybody is looking for the tea. Everybody will get that tea at the price they want if ... view