Emmanuel Wangwe

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 761 to 770 of 1211.

• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Livestock Research Act, 2013 (No.17 of 2013), Report of the National Taskforce on Coffee Sub- sector Reforms and the Crops (Coffee) (General) Regulations, 2019. It is worth noting that coffee research is undertaken by the CRI of the Kenya Agriculture Research and Livestock Organisation (KARLO). In 1944, the colonial government acquired Jacaranda Farm at Ruiru and established the Coffee Research Station. Laboratories were constructed and completed in 1949. All this was funded by the Government of the day. The Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) was established in 1964 under the Company's Act (Cap 486). On 1st July 2014, four State corporations, ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Parliament enacted the Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Authority (AFFA) under the Crops Act, 2013, which repealed the Coffee Act, 2001. Consequently, the Coffee Board became a Directorate under AFFA with regulatory oversight on the sub-sector. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Having visited and listened to the CRI and met with the key stakeholders, as a Committee, we observed as follows: (i) The CRI is mandated to provide timeline advisory services through field visits, agricultural shows, radio programs, use of demonstration plots, publications, use of modern technology such as social media, provision of quarterly weather bulletins and disease and insect pest management protocols, but these functions had been scaled down. (ii) The CRI had 50 per cent funding that came from the Coffee Research Levy at 2 per cent of gross coffee proceeds. However, the levy was abolished in 2016. (iii) ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: (vii) The CRI had 17 scientists against an establishment of 30. Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a research foundation and the lack of a scientist who is a lead investigator is a big issue. The establishment requires 30 scientists, but the CRI has only 17. The total workforce at the CRI was 223 employees and two-thirds of this workforce is about the age of 55. As at the time of the visit, this was an aging workforce. (viii) The Auditor-General regularly conducts financial audits of KALRO. However, the scientific audit on technologies and processes within the research institutes had never ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: (vi) The CRI works closely with farmers in coffee producing regions for adoption of innovations in research and provision of timely advisory services. This is key because those farmers who came to present before us said that they lacked advice from CRI under KARLO, so that they could fight the various diseases they experience in their farms. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with that large Report that I have presented, I beg to move and ask my colleague, Hon. Daniel Tuitoek, to second. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Member should not misguide the House. The statement of the problem originated with Hon. (Dr.) Eseli. We justified in our Report which I tabled on the Floor of the House when I was moving the Motion that there is a problem. Hon. (Dr.) Eseli clarified the problem. That is what I have clarified in my submission. That means that the Member should not misguide the House that we should re-do the Report. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: In my last recommendation, I have put it clearly to the House that, indeed, CRI lacks the capacity to do the services which it is supposed to do. It is important for my good friend to understand that the statement of the problem originates with the question. Our mandate justified the cause of the problem. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, allow me to thank my colleagues for taking their valuable time to contribute to this Report. I do not take it for granted. I appreciate my colleagues for what they have done for me and my Committee. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view