Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is really a matter of accuracy because I read Standing Order No.42 (5) in terms of the days. If you look at 42(9), it says:- view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: “(9) The Clerk shall avail copies of the reply under paragraph (8) and shall post such reply on the parliamentary website on the same day.” view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: I am relaxed, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Fifteen copies shall be required to appear in the House--- view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this afternoon, this House has been treated by the Prime Minister – and now the Assistant Minister for Agriculture – as if Kenyans are to blame for the role of the Government. You have heard the Assistant Minister say that farmers in Bomet and other affected areas are still planting the same seed that they planted last year and the years before. I am speaking with authority because I am a research scientist by profession. It means that the line Ministry, which is supposed to do extension work, is not doing its job. What are they doing ... view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the good Assistant Minister is my friend and also my neighbour. In trying to respond to Mr. Ruto’s point of order where he is supposed to be misleading the House, he has misled us even further by saying that the Ministry of Agriculture did not ask for the maize to be imported. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture sits in the Strategic Grain Reserve board. So, how does he divorce himself from such a committee? view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wanted to remind the Assistant Minister that he had not responded to my clarification in terms of the role of extension service officers. In fact, I have a document here from the Ministry of Agriculture which tries to give an introduction to the disease burden. The concluding sentence on Part I of the introduction says:- “Planting of young crops in close proximity to old crop harboring disease inoculum greatly enhanced disease spread.” This is just making my point. If the extension service officers were doing their job, they would have advised the farmers not to ... view