Ejidius Njogu Barua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, dairy farming, if well managed, can secure employment for poor people. Right now, youths with small acreages are not able to sustain their livelihoods because even if they try to keep animals, they cannot break even. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to call upon the Government of Kenya to provide to the local farmers better animal breeds; that is grade cows which produce a lot of milk. It should also improve the agricultural extension services, so that farmers can benefit from those services. As hon. Shill has said, milk is produced in all parts of the country. It is produced in both pastoralist and crop-growing areas. It is better to produce excess than have a deficit. In the case of excess production of milk, I propose that we practise value addition, so that we can get more money ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I support the comment by Abdikadir that we should not create a situation where we raise the price of milk products to the benefit of middlemen. I want to propose that once we increase the unit cost of milk from Kshs27 upwards, the Government should come up with a way of guiding the cost of the products in the supermarkets. This is because we may end up increasing the production cost. At the same time, since we are in a free market economy, the middlemen and businessmen will end up increasing the price. To avoid a situation where a litre ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Further to this, I would like to say that for us to be able to increase milk production in our various constituencies, it is paramount that we improve our road network. Right now, in many areas, like where I come from, it is difficult to transport milk from one point to another. Milk is a perishable product, and that is why farmers are vulnerable; they accept whatever price they are given. Access roads to agricultural areas are important. Every part of the constituency or this country should be made accessible not necessarily by tarmac road. We should ensure that our ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is important to say that farmers of whatever product should be protected. We should be able to protect French beans and banana farmers from middlemen. That is the situation that prevails on the ground now. Our farmers in the village can sell a big banana for Kshs50 because there is no market now. So, since agriculture has been devolved, I would like to call upon the county governments headed by the governors to work on a system of having commodity markets in all the counties to ensure that our products are not bought at a throw away price. The ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Therefore, I support the Motion by hon. Bett, which seeks to have the farm prices of milk raised from Kshs27 per litre. view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I want to support the intervention by hon. Chachu Ganya. This Bill is specific on the amount that ought to be paid when it comes to death resulting from wildlife. It proposes to raise the compensation to up to Kshs1 million. This is what has been requested in the Motion. The Bill that has been published also provides for compensation when it comes to damage of crops by wildlife. This Motion is timely. My feeling is that what we are going to discuss ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion which, in my opinion, is timely. It is very important for every Kenyan to have access to electricity. With the current penetration by Kenya Power of 15 per cent, I think it will spell doom if this Parliament does not pass this Motion. I think it is time for us to pass this Motion and get away from this monopoly by Kenya Power. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we all know that Kenya Power lacks capacity to cover the remaining 85 per cent of the Kenyan population and give ... view
• 10 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: In terms of maintenance, we are aware that Kenya Power does not have adequate capacity to maintain their installations any time there is interruption. We are all aware that sometimes in this country when the core of the power generation and distribution is affected the entire country gets into darkness and hence poses a security risk to the nation as a whole. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as it is now, we have minerals in Kwale; we have titanium. We have been told that titanium cannot be processed locally and we cannot add value to it locally because we do not ... view