Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if Members allow at the Third Reading, we should anchor this as a special fund for this programme on the CDF. Most of us here have travelled outside the country. In fact, two days ago, I was in Djibouti and the people who are suffering and sleeping on the streets are the old people. I looked at one of them and I wish they were taking Kenya Shillings because I would have given them some money. The elderly are really suffering and so we want to create standardised homes. The Departmental Committee on Labour and Social ... view
• 12 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: corruption is. I do not care but I do not want to be misquoted. You may or may not quote me on this but I can give you relevant… Let us move this programme to the national Government. This will definitely get overwhelming support from more people. Lastly but nor least, we should look at it as a package. Let us allocate some money because we can take them there to enjoy the TVs and everything else, but what will you give them. We have this cash-transfer which is not working. Maybe we need to tie it to this Bill ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I heard from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations that the Government of Kenya sent Kshs13,000 to Kenyans suffering in China. My take is that as Members of Parliament, we should be patriotic to our fellow Kenyans who are suffering. So, I suggest that should give Kshs20,000 each, voluntarily, and send it to our people in China to assist them. They were given only Kshs13,000 and we are told they are sending dry food to those who are suffering. Let us do something as Members of Parliament. I suggest we can ... view
• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, at least, they can use that money to buy food. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock. As you know, agriculture is the biggest revenue earner for our country. Looking at what is happening, we are getting into more problems. The Committee had the time and privilege of going to the CRI in Ruiru. They have made their observations and recommendations. We have to be extremely serious as a country. The CRI in Ruiru, for example, was well funded in the years before some us were born between 1944 and 1949 by the Kenya Government. Nothing is happening. The ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: There is also delay in paying of salaries. So, the morale of the people working there is almost zero. We have to rely on equipment to do research. I am told the equipment in Ruiru and other such centres is obsolete. There is nothing we are doing about that. Because the equipment is there, we are supposed to be getting new varieties every other two or three years, but it is taking us as long as 10 years to get new varieties. As a country, where are we heading? You and I know that apart from tea, coffee is also ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I am told by the year 2014, the observations were that most of the staff that were key to the Institute were almost retiring. It is mandatory that at certain age, you go. The Committee has come up with recommendations which as Members of the Committee, we just have to follow up for implementation if we are serious. Observations and recommendations have been made and the question is how to implement them. We have a Committee on Implementation in this House. Therefore, we have to follow them up, so that we can revive the coffee sector in this country. The ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: In 2018, I had the privilege of travelling to the United States of America (USA) to represent this country at a coffee exhibition. It was held in Washington DC in a city called Seattle. We were there with most of the people in 2018. In the previous presentation, Kenyan coffee was rated as one of the best coffees in the world. When we went there in 2018, they picked another country; Brazil. Brazil came second to Kenya. You can see how enthusiastic the world is about our coffee and we were doing nothing about it. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to take the bull by the horns and say that the Coffee Research Institute should be revived. We should have researchers retrained. Allocate enough money to pay the people working there for us to be able to give them morale to work. We should also ensure that we get new varieties of coffee every three to four years rather than taking 10 years for us to get a new variety. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I come from Trans Nzoia, bordering Mount Elgon. I am sorry, my brother, Hon. Didmus Barasa, has left. Farmers on the slopes of Mount Elgon were actually giving us the best coffee. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view