Franklin Mithika Linturi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me first deal directly with the question that has just been raised by the Member representing cashew nut farmers. Under AFA, we have Oil and Nuts Directorate. This is where cashew nuts, macadamia nuts, sunflowers and others are. The regulations and measures we are putting in place or the guidelines coming out are being developed by this directorate. They will take care of all the farmers who grow edible oil crops. There is also a commitment, and I am under the direction that we need to support the growth of edible oil crops this year. We have ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is common information in the public that the production responsibility is in our Ministry. We are happy with what our farmers are doing. The Kenya Kwanza Government’s plan is clear. It is on the need to do value addition and agro processing. We are working very closely with the Ministry of Trade, Investments and Industry, and Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development because we are trying to organize farmers in cooperatives and aggregate them. Through the idea of County Aggregation Centres (CACs), we will ensure that we aggregate and add value to ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Within every county we operate, we will support the creation of cooperatives to allow farmers to run their businesses and money to organize themselves and borrow money as revolving funds within the wards. This is ward-based. The Member of Parliament will wait for some time. We may not have an instant answer to the problem. There is a structured way of addressing our long-term problems through the CACs. Please allow us to implement it. Advertisements have been done in the first phase for 14 counties. The other one has either come out or is coming out in another week. This ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Not yet Hon. Speaker. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Eneng’eetia NCPB depot is a known depot that was commissioned in 1978 and has stored cereals and beans with a capacity of 55,000 bags of 90kgs. It is located 43.8 km away from Narok Town. The depot is idle because of the old and obsolete equipment. The depot does not have a grain dryer and is not connected to electricity. That is why it is not being used, but we have put in place mechanisms to ensure we revive this depot. We are happy and lucky that the tarmac road to Eneng’eetia is under construction and is ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: applied for electricity reconnection to the depot, and their application is being fast-tracked by the Kenya Power Company (KPC). I want to tell the Member that we have earmarked this facility for an upgrade as a government-sponsored mechanization project. We appreciate the good work this country's farmers are doing for those that took the fertilizer and consider that we are prepared to mitigate loss during this harvest. We need to deal with the post-harvest losses; we will provide a mobile dryer to Eneng’eetia so that those farmers do not travel that long distance to have their maize dried. On whether ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Sorry, Hon. Speaker. There is a question on what we are doing to avail fertilizer to the farmers at the appropriate time. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, to avail the fertilizer in good time, and because the short rains are coming in next month, we have already launched the distribution programme for fertilizer so that it can get to our farmers in good time. My Principal Secretary, State Department for Crop Development, was in Kisii, Busia and Bungoma last week in the company of some of our distinguished Members of Parliament. On Saturday, I was personally in Makueni with the Governor of Makueni, flagging off fertilizer so it could get to our farmers quickly. We have had discussions and we were also in The electronic ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: a meeting this morning. For those that had the benefit of watching the news at 1.00 O'clock, the Head of State came out very strongly to explain the discussions and agreements we have entered into with governors. This includes hiring closest stores within their regions where we will store our fertilizer for easier redemption by our farmers. This is one of the mechanisms we have put in place so that fertilizer gets to the farmers within the shortest time possible. Our National Cereals and Produce Board stores also have adequate stock. We are now interested in partnering with the governors ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, that is a very good question. view