Erastus Mureithi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for addressing himself to this very dangerous disease which seems to be occurring in this country. However, is he aware that in order for a patient to have a dialysis at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), a patient is asked to buy the consumables he talked about? These consumables include distilled water. As a result, most of the patients die because they are not able to buy the consumables. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to differ with the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing because when I look at my constituency and district, it is very disheartening to see a C Road being given only Kshs5,000, when a D Road is being given twice that amount of money through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) and the Kenya Roads Board. It was given Kshs20 million. This is a D Road class, whereas a trunk road that connects three district headquarters; Nakuru, Miragiini district headquarters and Ol Jororok has been given Kshs5 ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate what the Minister has said, that the road is being fast-tracked in terms of murraming, I would like to ask him whether contractors are authorized to use red soil as a base for tarmacking as is happening with Road C77, between Nyahururu and Gilgil. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives and the Vice- Chairman is here. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives, I would like to state that we examined this Vote - Vote No.10 for the Ministry of Agriculture. We are very grateful that the Minister for Agriculture was very keen when we went through this Vote. The Ministry has been given the mandate to promote and facilitate production of food and agriculture, raw materials for food security and income, advance agro-based industries and agricultural exports, formulate, implement and monitor policies and legislations to enhance the sustainable use of land resources ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: The Committee also listened to the Minister’s views on horticulture. Horticulture should be considered because most speeches do not talk about horticulture. He said with the current competitive world, we must emphasis on horticulture for the fact that it creates employment. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: In conclusion, the Committee recommended that there is need for the agricultural sector to be provided with adequate resources in accordance with the Maputo Protocol which requires all governments to provide ten per cent of their GDP to agriculture in order to boost agricultural productivity and achieve food security and a sustainable livelihood in the country. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I want to commend the Ministry and wish to support the Vote. view