Florence Mwikali Mutua

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: to sit together as Kenyans and avoid chest thumbing so that we can come up with good laws and bring everybody on board. Thank you. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to support this Bill as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Co- operatives. There were amendments that Hon. Millie and Hon. Kimei talked about, on where the Plant Genetic Resources Research Centre should be placed. We will look at those amendments. I hope the Members will support us. It is very clear that when farmers plant the right seeds, they get a bumper harvest. So, it is very critical to have the right seeds for all farmers. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: In normal circumstances, people in the villages do not know how important the right seeds are. That is why they always recycle the crop that they have harvested from the farms. People in the villages plant the same seeds and they end up not having bumper harvests. It is very important to ensure that our farmers become aware of the seeds that they need to plant. The proposed Plant Genetic Resources Research Centre will ensure that the seeds that we will produce will be friendly to the various soils that are in every area of the country. We need to ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: We can see the trend that is in the country on cancer and obesity, which are causing so many deaths. It is because of the unhealthy food which people eat nowadays. It is important that we embrace our organic indigenous seeds so that we can continue to have healthy livelihoods. We need to move on with research and ensure that we have the right seeds all the time. I believe that the Plant Genetic Resources Research Centre is one of the institutions that will be doing continuous research. This is important so that we have the right seeds all the ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: When we go back in time, we never used to be sick the way we are seeing so many diseases nowadays. When you became sick, your grandmother or whoever you were staying with would make a concoction of herbal medicine and give it to you to drink, and you would be well The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: and go to school immediately. However, nowadays, a small disease will take you to hospital, where you get hospitalised for a very long time. We need the wild plants that were used in those days to give us medicine to be very well protected by the proposed institutions. We need them to be tested and tried so that we can have the right seeds. Nowadays, people die of snake bites every other day. We used to have snakes and they used to bite us all the time, but we never died. There were plants that were used to ensure that ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: It is important for the proposed institution to ensure that the seeds that they produce are disease free. For example, in Busia County, we need cotton seeds that are disease free. It is not any seed that can be planted there and do well. We need to have the ginneries in Busia County working again. Cotton was one of our cash crops that were giving our people some money. As I sit, I want to say that I have distributed 3,500 bags of certified maize seeds to my people in Busia County. I am sure this is going to improve ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I was part of the smaller committee that started investigations in this Report. Today is a very important day because this Report is being discussed. One of the biggest challenges we have in the sugar sector is that reforms have taken too long hence giving room to unscrupulous businessmen and businesswomen to engage in illegal imports and purported exports to ruin the local sector. This has led to a lot of suffering for our farmers. I will talk about one of the amendments that was critical, which was brought ... view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was saying that the management of Mumias Sugar Company had an issue when it came to verifying whether indeed any sugar was exported. It was agreed that the exports made between 2006 and 2012 were fictitious. So, it is important for Mumius Sugar Company to come up with the audit that we have been waiting for a long time so that we can move on with this Report. view
• 18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: The sugar industry in Kenya indirectly supports six million Kenyans and contributes about 7.5 per cent of the country’s GDP. I must mention that the last sugar consumption report The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view