Enoch Kiio Wambua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1951 to 1960 of 2681.

• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: with a promise that they will get market for the crop. Where it has been tried the initiative has failed miserably. I do not blame the county governors for trying, I blame AFA for doing nothing about it; for our farmers not to be at the mercies of people who had time since 2013 to do something for them and they have done nothing. Why then can we not have a law, just as we have an Act that regulates tea and coffee? Why can we not have a law that regulates the production of ndengu in this country, so ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: There has been a demonstration that AFA in its current form has not and may not be in a position to help ndengu farmers. There is need for a separate Act to ensure that our farmers are protected in the farms and in the market. This Bill goes on to state the duties of the County Executive Committee Members in ensuring that our farmers are protected. Clause 5 states that- “For the realization of the objectives set out under Section 3, a county executive committee member shall— (a) put in place measures to improve the quality and quantity of the ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: Another important responsibility for the county government through the CECM is to market ndengu produced in the respective county, both locally and at the international level. You remember that sometime last year this Senate debated and passed The Warehousing Bill. Some of the Bills we are passing on the Floor of this House are not idle Bills. Riding on the passage of the Bill, county governments take control of warehousing and facilitate farmers to form farmers’ cooperative societies for ndengu, which is then collected and stored in the warehouse, where the county government is responsible and answerable to the cooperatives. ... view
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• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: something happens and you are unable to sell the ndengu and farmers are left with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of ndengu without a market. I want to move faster so that I can give colleagues an opportunity to weigh in. On the matter of setting up the mung beans policy, this Act requires that the Cabinet Secretary responsible for agriculture at the national Government, within six months of the commencement of the Act, shall develop and adopt a comprehensive national mung beans policy to promote growth and development of the mung beans industry in Kenya. I like the provision ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, that becomes very important information even when it comes with discussions with financing institutions on acquiring loans and grants to help the cause of farmers. This Bill gives that responsibility to county governments through their CECs responsible for agriculture. I have spoken about the issue of the licenses; that the traders will have to be licensed by the county governments and regulated in regard to the extent to which they interact with the ndengu farmers in all the respective counties. There will be prescribed application forms for licenses for the traders. Madam Temporary Speaker, so that I ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I stand in support of the constitution of the Senate Business Committee. I believe as my predecessors have said that the membership reflects the divergent views, and they shall apply themselves fully to the business of this House. In support of that list, I want to make a passionate appeal. I begin where my brother, Sen. Linturi, has ended. There is business before us that has got to do with issues affecting the common mwananchi . We have said many times that Kenya is an agriculture-based economy. There are Bills that relate ... view
• 9 Feb 2021 in Senate: Even on the Ndengu Bill. view