Francis Waweru Nderitu

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• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support the Motion, which is very dear to me because where I come from, the people cannot discuss anything without talking about the cost of milk production versus its sale price. I would like to thank the Mover of the Motion, hon. James Kimaru; and the lady, who is my County Woman Representative, Nyandarua, hon. Wanjiku Muhia, for bringing an amendment to remove the ambiguity on the price. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is the wearer of the shoe who knows where it pinches. I am a farmer. Whenever I go to ... view
• 2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: urge our local consumers to be keen on what they are consuming. If you are producing a commodity, it is good to look at the ready market and be one of the consumers of that commodity. I know we are faced with a situation where, as Members of Parliament, we are ready to discuss other issues such as funding of youth and women. Where I come from, we are addressing the issue of funding the youth and women. We are exploring areas where we want them to expend that money. I keep on urging my people to invest in dairy ... view
• 31 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Judging from the enthusiasm that Members have in this Motion, it shows that they have the youth in their hearts. The problem is that we have talked and talked; we had another Motion by hon. Njomo that talked about having industrial training, but it seems that we never go beyond that. Those who are a bit old like me, and did the CPE examination, and those who got the highest marks went to technical schools. We had secondary schools that offered very specialized courses. When they left Form Four, they were very well ... view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion. In supporting it, I would like to congratulate the Mover, my friend, hon. Njomo for bringing this Motion to this House at this timely hour. When all of us were looking for votes in our villages, our main emphasis everywhere we went was that we are eager to see our youth get employed. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: It is true that 75 per cent of the people who voted for us are the youths. It is, therefore, very vital for us to think deeply on the issue of employment. Hon. Muchai has said that there is need for the Mover of the Motion to come up and clarify two issues. One issue is whereby the employer contributes to the workers who are employed while the other one is where we train people who are not employed. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I will concentrate more on a scenario where I come from. I come from a constituency that has very few industries. My constituency which is part of Nyandarua County is partly agro-based. Most of the activities that we carry out are agricultural oriented. Therefore, the employers who contribute to the workers are very few. So, the small enterprise business contributing to the kitty so that even the few people who are not employed can get advantage of that training will be very important. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I am looking at a scenario whereby we have issues with the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have come in large groups and have settled in some of our areas which are partly dry. These people do not have a source of income. I am very sure that if training facilities are brought closer to the youth in the IDP camps and they are given simple training such as welding and plumbing, they will cope with the huge population that is in the urban areas. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: I have seen that most of the technical services that we require in our villages, for example, electrical services, most people get the workers from the urban areas who are close to them. I am very sure that if the money or the Industrial Training Levy Fund that is collected is well utilized and also devolved to the rural areas, our young people on the ground would access to the basic training. If you go to the villages where we come from, you will find that people cover long distances to get their cars repaired. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: So, I support this Motion by hon. Njomo. I am saying that the Motion is timely and we should in future, like many of the speakers have said, find a way of coming up with a Bill so that we separate training with regard to those who are employed and training for those who are not employed so that they can get equal access to the training programmes. view
• 16 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion. view