Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Today, if you go there, most farmers have cut the coffee trees and made them firewood. This is because getting returns from coffee is a problem. So, let us be serious about this and revive coffee as one of the best products to be able to get foreign exchange that this country badly needs to move forward. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you allow, we are going to ask the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to fast-track the implementation of the recommendations they came up with, which are very well set out. This will ensure that we revive coffee as one of the major cash crops in this country, in addition to tea and pyrethrum. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I hope the Coffee Research Institute will be revived and funded so that even the aging researchers and other staff working there can regain morale to be able to do better than what they are doing today. I thank Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu for raising concern about the status of the industry in Kenya. He is the originator of the whole thing. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Report and look forward to the implementation of the recommendations that were stipulated by the Mover. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to second the Motion. As moved by the Mover, since inception of Uwezo Fund, about Ksh4 billion has been disbursed. The recovery has been very difficult. I also want to agree with the Mover. Because of the difficulties in the recovery of these funds which are given out to our people, we have agreed that instead of basing it on 50 per cent, we come down to 25 per cent of the amount of money we have loaned out which is very encouraging. It is very difficult to recover this ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Secondly, after disbursement of money, most of the workers are not motivated. Therefore, 5 per cent of the amount of money we disburse will be given to those who will ensure that the money is given out to the groups as a token of appreciation. That is very encouraging. We will have people who will work hard and do the work because there is some return. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Lastly, if you look at each one of us, including in my constituency, Uwezo Fund has really helped the youth to do some profitable businesses and come up with things like buying tents and chairs which they give out to people who have functions and funerals, which is a very good thing. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Therefore, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I take this opportunity to second the Motion. Thank you. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I am a maize farmer and while growing up, tea was a major export earner for this country. As a country, we are doing poorly because we have not done much in as far as tea is concerned. Therefore, this Bill will help us establish the Tea Board which will revive our hope. It will ensure that tea regains its place as a major export earner for this country alongside coffee, pyrethrum and tourism. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Tea farmers have been facing problems. If you go around the country, you will find places where tea does very well, but there are no extension services. I was talking to a colleague of mine who told me there is a problem of poor output of tea. This is because of lack of technical extension services. We hope and pray that, as we establish the Board, the membership will consist of technical people in this field. As we know, agriculture is devolved to the counties which are doing poorly as far as extension services are concerned. view