Enoch Kiio Wambua

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• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: grows in arid and semi-arid regions. If they are properly tended, they could be a major source of income and livelihood for millions of Kenyans. Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to take my colleagues through what I consider to be the real inspiration for me sponsoring this Bill. Sometimes early last year, I drove through a market called Tseikuru. Tseikuru Town is in Tseikuru Ward in Mwingi North Constituency. I was on my way to the furthest end of Kitui. That is Kaningo. At Tseikuru Market, I found a long queue of trucks. Traders who had invaded the market ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: on the trucks and I created interest to find out what was happening. I realized that those traders were actually buying ndengu from farmers at a price of between Kshs20 and Kshs25 per kilogramme and loading them in their many trucks. That is how I got curious. Upon return to Nairobi, I went to a supermarket along Mombasa Road just to check the price of ndengu . I was surprised to discover that the ndengu on the shelves of the supermarket were going for between Kshs220 and Kshs250 per kilogramme. When I looked at what was being sold on the ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: on the shelves of the supermarket were branded and packaged in polythene bags. I developed interest and decided to do something with the help of colleagues to stop the exploitation of ndengu farmers in this country by middlemen. I am a strong advocate for fair treatment for our farmers across the value chains, be it maize, sugarcane, tea or coffee farmers. I have gone on record many times on the Floor of this House and in many forums pushing forward the agenda of empowering our farmers and protecting them from exploitation by middlemen. It is only in this country, I ... view
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• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: will support them to save them from exploitation. Together, all of us shall make farmers all over the country to be proud of our nation if we protect them from exploitation because they are the pride of our nation. I am speaking to shared prosperity across all the value chains in the agriculture sector. Going back to the Bill, in 2013, two Acts of Parliament were passed; The Agriculture and Food Authority Act and The Crops Act. I have consulted widely on this Bill. The last consultation that I had was with you, Madam Deputy Speaker, in your capacity as ... view
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• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: has been assigned the role to facilitate farmers, to ensure that they are able to grow and nurture their crop through provision of farm inputs, including seeds, fertilizer and extension services. Madam Deputy Speaker, we have also assigned roles to farmers that if you want to engage in ndengu production, especially commercial farmers, there will be a requirement and responsibility for you as a farmer to register with the county government, where you are growing your crop, giving proper details of the acreage on which you are putting your crop, the variety of the crop that you are going to ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: The traders have also been assigned responsibility to register and acquire licenses from the County Executive Member responsible for agriculture in the county and a prescribed application form will be developed for that purpose. Getting to the details of this Bill whose objective I said is to develop production and marketing of ndengu to support farmers in the farms and in the market, ensure food security through national and county feeding programmes, and most importantly, bring to an end decades of exploitation of our farmers by the middlemen. Madam Temporary Speaker, Part II of the Bill is the one that ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have just said that since the establishment of Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) and passing of The Crops Act nothing or very little has been done by these institutions to give focus to the production and marketing of view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: We have all witnessed attempts by county governors to get their farmers grow view