Enoch Kiio Wambua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. I begin by sincerely thanking Members for their contributions in support of the Mung Beans Bill. On my own behalf as the Mover and sponsor of this Bill, and on behalf of Kenyans across this country in the 38 counties that Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki has mentioned that are potential growers of Ndengu, I thank you very much for the overwhelming support that this Bill has received from Members of the Senate of the Republic of Kenya. It may look like a small thing to a section of people in this country. However, ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to allay the fears of some of my colleagues especially on the matter of regulations as proposed in this Bill. First of all, to clarify that when it comes to the registration of Ndengu farmers, there is no licensing that is required. The only thing that this Bill proposes to do and which I believe is a very noble thing is to ensure that we have a semblance of order in the industry. As I said yesterday when I was moving this Bill, we have records of how many farmers in any county are ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is very important information because it helps the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of agriculture in that county to map out the location of the farmers and deploy the services of extension officers to those farmers with ease. That is the whole essence of the registration of farmers on the ground. Outside the ground, however, there is also need to register these farmers so that at the national level, it becomes so easy for the Cabinet Secretaries for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Finance and the National Treasury and even the President to approach ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because I am replying to my Bill, I would not want to say a lot of things on the willing buyer willing seller principle. I can just confirm to you because I am a friend of Sen. Kinyua from Laikipia County, that he is not a trader. So, the interest that he seems to want to protect is some personal interest that I can confirm. I can also conform to you that the line of divide between willing buyer willing seller and absolute exploitation in as far as the trade in Ndengu is concerned is very ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there have been suggestions on the Floor that perhaps we could do an omnibus legislation to bring together all crops. I want to respectfully bring to the attention of my colleagues to what happened on the Floor of this House and the Floor of the National Assembly when the Crops Act was passed. I said yesterday that there are acres and acres of space dedicated to listing of crops grown in this country. To the dismay of ndengu farmers and the Senator of Kitui County, ndengu is not even listed as a crop grown in this ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: devolved function under the Constitution of Kenya 2010. Let us, as a Senate, be seen to speak the voice of our people. As I said yesterday, we should aspire together to shared prosperity where a farmer in Lamu feels protected and supported as much as a farmer in Kiambu; a farmer in Marsabit, Kajiado, Narok, and Samburu, keeping their livestock, feels supported and facilitated just as much as the tea farmers in Murang’a, Nyeri, Kericho and other parts of this country are supported. The principle of shared prosperity will be made real and will only make sense to our people ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to second the Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No. 11 of 2020). I thank and congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for bringing these amendments to the Co-operative Societies Act of 1997. It is worth noting that the operating Act governing co-operative societies in this country was passed more than 13 years before the promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010. In effect, that means that although the cooperative societies are a devolved function according to the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the enabling legislation is a lot older than the reality ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: cancel or suspend registration. That Clause brings order in the entire registration regime of our co-operative societies. Having looked at this Bill, I am impressed by the Clauses on liquidation account. By and large, this Bill places responsibility and duty on the commissioner for co- operatives in determining the banks where liquidation accounts will be opened and even making decisions on the amounts to be paid out for liquidation after determinations have been made. Clause 52 of this Bill seeks to amend Section 84 of the Act on the remuneration of the members of the tribunal by providing what the ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, yes, I have. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: She has read it. view