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  • 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: We were told of a case in a village called Menyenya where farmers are forced to take tea leaves to a buying center that is five kilometers away from their farm. They pluck their tea leaves, carry it on their heads and trek five kilometers to deliver the tea leaves. How inhuman can we be to an important sector like tea farming that give us a lot of money in terms of foreign earnings? I do not know about Mudete Tea Factory in Sen. Khaniri’s county. However, you will be shocked if I gave you the figures of the payment ... view
  • 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I went to a village in Mathira Constituency on Saturday called Kiaruiru in Kariki. I was surprised when I stood up to talk about the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). Farmers there told me to tell them the plight of tea farmers. view
  • 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: That is the case! I repeat, in Mathira Constituency, the farmers told me to tell them about the plight of tea farmers. The same case happened in Nyamira three weeks ago and the things farmers want to hear before you tell them about BBI, is that they want to understand what they will earn as farmers. Let us be honest that we are not solving the problem that is facing the people we represent unless we resolve the issues of tea farmers. I am waiting for an opportunity in this House when we will address the issue raised by the ... view
  • 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: I thank Sen. Khaniri for raising this matter. If we are given a window to make proposals on the BBI, one of the legislations which we must enact within a period of 90 days should be the Tea Act. Let us begin with the Tea Act first before we talk about all the legislations that must be enacted. We must speak in unison from this House as a Senate. If we are not reforming the tea sector, we should not talk about BBI. I am speaking this as the Senator for Nyamira County and I know what the concerns of ... view
  • 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: obtained an injunction reforming the reforms. We must ask our courts whether they are serving the interest of Kenyans or those of a few cartels. I appeal to the Judiciary - we respect the independence of that institution - some of these matters should be fast tracked. This matter was in court in June ex parte, one party in attendance. The hearing date for the interparty hearing was given for November and the farmers are suffering. I urge members serving in the Judiciary to fast track some of these cases so that we do not cause suffering to our farmers. ... view
  • 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion as presented to the House by the Senate Majority Whip. When this virus hit the world, we were told that there is the first wave and the second wave. We were also told that the second wave would be more deadly than the first wave. Various institutions have taken a number of steps to respond to this pandemic. As I speak, Nyamira County offices have been closed for 14 days. We are proposing to have one day to transact business but Nyamira County has ceased provision of all services for ... view
  • 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also rise to support this Statement that has been requested by the Senator for Lamu, my good friend, Sen. Anuar Loitiptip. What should interest the House is that for two consecutive days, we have been discussing issues of discrimination directed at the coastal people. view
  • 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: I was in the House yesterday when the good Senator for Kilifi County, the retired Judge, Sen. Stewart Madzayo, gave an analogy in the House. He gave names of heads of parastatals - five of them - from the Coastal region that are headed by people from one view
  • 5 Nov 2020 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
  • 5 Nov 2020 in Senate: region. In all those positions, there was nobody from the Coastal region. What was even more amazing is that the Senator for Mombasa, Sen. Faki, gave incidence, where people were interviewed for positions for a particular city in the coast and the person who was number four is the one who was picked. The other leading three candidates from the Coast, who were qualified for the job and were interviewed, were left out. view

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