Elsie Busihile Muhanda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to complete my six minutes. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: The sugar sector is very important to Kenya as a nation. As we are a predominantly an agricultural country, sugar has boosted economies of countries like Brazil, India, China and Mauritius whose per capita income has gone up. The Sugar Bill will go a long way in addressing the plight of cane farmers who are faced with a chaotic sugar industry with no rules and regulations. As a country, proper management of the sugar industry will be a game changer in poverty eradication by creating employment opportunities, increasing our exports to both the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: The Bill addresses best practices that will give us great income generating opportunities derived from the cane by products. Ethanol and molasses will speed up growth of brewing business, the pharmaceutical industry, animal feeds and other by-products. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: We can harness car fuel technology through the sugarcane industry to power vehicles and other industrial machines as it is in the case of Brazil. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Part II of the Bill will make sure that millers invest in the farmer by apportioning them 51 per cent shareholding. The private millers all over Kenya have no commitment to the farmers. The functions of the board will address problems arising from the high cost of production, delayed harvesting of cane, brokers and middle men who reap more than the farmers, falsified weighbridges, which are not properly calibrated where farmers make a lot of losses because a farmer can bring five tonnes of cane but because of falsified bridges it is quoted as 2000 kilogrammes. There are delays in ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to, at least, add my voice to this Bill which is very key. We know that every household in Kenya uses sugar. This is a very important Bill. First of all, I want to add my voice to the composition of the board. I wish to enrich the composition by stating that the Bill does provide that there should be people of special groups. In Part II, Clause 5, the composition should include the youth, women and people with special needs. I support Clause 30 of the Bill which ... view
• 1 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: I vote yes. view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for granting me this moment. I wish to convey the condolences of the people of Kakamega County and my family on the loss of this great man, Hon. Murunga. It comes at a time when Kakamega has faced many deaths. We lost four doctors just recently. So, as Mama County, I have a very heavy heart at this time. Hon. Murunga was a Member who did not look at whether you are in ODM, ANC or the Jubilee Party. He cut across all of us. He supported me as a Woman Representative in my affirmative action. ... view