Enoch Kiio Wambua

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• 21 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: and other institutions or areas falling within respective mandates of implementing homegrown feeding programmes. What we know about mung beans is that they require very limited rainfall. They adapt to very harsh climatic conditions. The county and national governments should collaborate in areas where mung beans are grown and ensure that these beans are introduced to feeding programmes for schools after harvest. For instance, there is a bumper harvest right now. One of the challenges of feeding programmes in schools, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, is lack of sufficient food supplies. It means then that it becomes very expensive ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: The Bill further states- “(2) they should also ensure the price stability of the beans and the beans products.” As I said, that is actually the cracks of the matter when it comes to this Bill. The biggest mischief that we want to cure with this Bill is to eliminate the middle men. The exploitation of farmers by middle men who continue to buy these beans at very low prices and sell back the same beans to farmers at very exaggerated prices. view
• 21 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it will interest this House to take note that in this harvest that we are doing this month and last month, these beans were planted around March. At the time of planting, the people that were buying from markets to come and plant these beans in their farms were buying a kilogram at not less that Kshs270. When they are buying today, they say they are buying a kilogramme at Kshs50. In the next two weeks, the price from farmers may drop further to as low as Kshs30 per kilogramme. If we ensure that mung beans ... view
• 21 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I bring to the attention of this House that this Bill says that the registration of farmers is supposed to be done on a prescribed form. Secondly, there is no fee for registration as a ndengu grower. The reason why we require farmers to register is purely for purposes of regulation and order in the industry. Why? First, we need these farmers to be provided with farm inputs such as fertilizer and seeds. When they are registered, it is easier and more efficient for the county government to know which farmers in which area require what ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: To establish, for example, that in this year in this county, we have 500 farmers growing this variety of ndengu and this is the expected yield, based on that calculation, then both the national and county governments can source markets for the crop on behalf of the farmers. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: We have also in the process of finalizing the Agriculture Extension Bill. It is important for the Extension Workers visiting the farms to know which variety of ndengu being grown in which parcel of land, so as to provide the right kind of service. Therefore, registration is purely and entirely exclusively for purposes of regulation and to ensure efficiency in growing the beans. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Finally, so that other Members get a chance to contribute to this, on the matter of licensing, we have gone into great detail. From Clause 9 to Clause 18, we are dealing with different aspects of licensing. I will tell Members why we have gone into such details when it comes to licensing. In this harvest season for nde ngu, there are business people who have gone to motor vehicle dealers especially big trucks and we have taken five, six or seven trucks on credit. This is because they are so sure that in the next month they will have ... view