Enoch Kiio Wambua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to Reply. I begin where my brother, my friend, my neighbour, the Senator of Tana River has left. It is an open secret that ndengu farmers and many farmers of legumes in our country have been both oppressed and segregated over a long period of time. A time has come that we must lift that yoke of segregation and oppression as a country. We are not very well endowed with mineral resources. I guess that is why we say that Kenya is largely an agricultural country. In this Bill, my colleagues and ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 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
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: The passion of the Chair and the team he led including the Senator for Embu County, Sen. Munyi Mundigi, the Senator for Bungoma County, Sen. Wafula and my sister the nominated Senator for Kitui County, Sen. Beth Syengo and myself, led to a very successful public participation exercise in those areas. On behalf of the areas we visited, I thank the team very much. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: This Bill advances the cause of marketing mung beans or green grams both locally and internationally. In the local market, the options we want to explore are especially in the feeding programs for the public schools in the national Government and in the institutions that fall under the management of the county governments. Internationally as Sen. Mungatana has alluded to, there is a ready market in Asia, India and the Middle East. The only thing we need to do is regulate this industry, package our produce properly, process the beans and sell them as finished products in the international markets. view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: I have said this and I will repeat it again. There is a reason why the drafters of the Constitution, 2010 listed agriculture as item number one in Part II of the Fourth Schedule on devolved functions. I have really been impressed by the challenge we have been given by our Speaker this afternoon. We may differ and disagree on a lot of things in this country, as leaders and individual Kenyans and it is okay to disagree to agree. However, when it comes to the issues of legislation, especially those that touch on our people, it is the time ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: In the drafting of the Mung Beans Bill, the farmer takes center stage. The farmer is put at the center of every conversation in terms of farm inputs, crop management, collection and storage, and post-harvest management of the crop. The farmer is king in this Bill. I also want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the secretariat and my colleague and teacher, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar, who spent a lot of time with me to panel beat this Bill and ensure it attained world-class status. In conversations around the drafting of this Bill, we were guided by the principle of ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 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
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Conversations about providing relief food to sections in the country shall stop. Conversations about basic ailments caused by poor nutrition, children not going to school for lack of food, and our military going without food because there is no supply will come to an end. I want to implore on my colleagues that when this Bill is finally put to a vote, as many or more who have supported the Bill can cast their votes in support of it so that we can push it to the National Assembly. I want to take this opportunity to assure this House that ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: On behalf of those farmers across this country, I applaud the Senators that have created time and opportunity to research on this Bill to make their contributions. I thank Sen. Mwaruma; Sen. Beth Syengo; Sen. Seki; Sen. (Dr.) Murang’o, my Chairman; Sen. Ogola; Sen. Munyi Mundigi of Embu County; Sen. Madzayo, my leader; Sen. Wafula from Bungoma County; Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, we call him the ‘chairman of the youth’; Sen. Wakili Sigei; Sen. Okiya Omtatah; Sen. Cherarkey; my teacher, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar; Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, my colleague in leadership; Sen. Sifuna; Sen. Cheruiyot, the Senate Majority Leader; Sen. Wamatinga; Sen. ... view
• 29 Jun 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, with those remarks, I beg to reply. I request that pursuant to Standing Order No.66(3), you defer the putting of the question to a later date. view