Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I can see that the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, as well as the former Chairman are present. I want to thank Hon. Tandaza for coming up with this Bill. As a country, we have to be serious. I am saying this because I see that the current and the previous Chairs of the Committee are here. We have to be serious as a country and, if possible, have some resolutions to streamline the Ministry of Agriculture in doing some of the important things that everybody ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, can you protect me? I am addressing very serious issues. There is a kamukunji behind me. I do not know whether it is Tanga Tanga or whatever. I am not sure. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, can you protect me? I am addressing very serious issues. There is a kamukunji behind me. I do not know whether it is Tanga Tanga or whatever. I am not sure. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: That kind of noise when we are discussing serious issues about agriculture in this country is not allowed. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: That kind of noise when we are discussing serious issues about agriculture in this country is not allowed. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: It is because they are not serious about agriculture. That is why I am saying the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. Tiren, should take the whip and get the Ministry of Agriculture working. Let us see extension services in the field. Let has have the research centres that were there in the colonial days revived. We have a lot of unemployed youths. Some of them have pursued agriculture up-to PhD level and they are unemployed. What are we doing as a country? I will repeat myself. Today Kenya imports milk from Uganda. Why do we allow ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: It is because they are not serious about agriculture. That is why I am saying the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Livestock, Hon. Tiren, should take the whip and get the Ministry of Agriculture working. Let us see extension services in the field. Let has have the research centres that were there in the colonial days revived. We have a lot of unemployed youths. Some of them have pursued agriculture up-to PhD level and they are unemployed. What are we doing as a country? I will repeat myself. Today Kenya import milk from Uganda. Why do we allow ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: export sisal to India. Today it is not there. Ropes are now made of plastics. You can rarely find ropes made of sisal. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this House has an obligation to ensure that the agricultural sector is revived. Once more, I thank Hon. Tandaza for coming up with this Bill. It is an eye-opener but let us do something about agriculture. The Chair of my Committee, and the former Chairman, has heard. Let us move towards reviving agriculture as a very important sector in this country. I support. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. This Bill is very timely. We have a lot of problems around. As a Member of Parliament, I must admit that whenever I go to secondary schools or colleges, the communities within those institutions ask for money for something else, but not for building libraries. We should try and change this culture. First, we have to equip our libraries with the old books. Some of them are very good as you may know. This particular Bill will help us acquire some of ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. This Bill is very timely. We have a lot of problems around. As a Member of Parliament, I must admit that whenever I go to secondary schools or colleges, the communities within those institutions ask for money for something else, but not for building libraries. We should try and change this culture. First, we have to equip our libraries with the old books. Some of them are very good as you may know. This particular Bill will help us acquire some of ... view