Franklin Mithika Linturi

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• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Tuelewe kile tunafaa kufanya ili tufanye kazi pamoja na gavana wenu kwani pia yeye ana majukumu ya kikatiba. view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Bw. Naibu, Spika, nitajaribu. Mbunge huyu ni mpya, with time ataelewa masuala ya Bunge. Tuko na jukumu la kusaidiana. Seneta yuko na bidii ya kutetea watu wake. This is required of any elected leader. Nimesikiza Mhe. Seneta akizungumza kuhusu viwanda na kuhakikisha pesa hazijavunjwa na mkulima amelipwa. Hili jambo ni la maana sana na ningependa kumjibu. Lakini naomba kuwe na a substantive question kwa hili jambo ili tuweze kufanya upelelezi vizuri na kujua with specifics, ni kiwanda kipi jambo hili linafanyika. Masuala ya uzalishaji na ukuzaji hayajaulizwa. Hii ingekuwa jukumu langu pia kushirikiana na Gavana wa Bungoma ili aweze kupata ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important to appreciate that before the current administration took over, the prices of tea were at their lowest. In the first year, out of the interventions that the Government put in place, including the subsidized fertilizer we give to Kenya Tea Development Agency Limited (KTDA) and farmers. In the first year, we increased our production of tea. As we sit here this morning, what is going through our minds is how we increase processing lines in our tea factories. Once we called upon farmers to go back to their farms and increase the production ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: I am also happy that when you look at the performance of the agriculture sector, whether from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) survey reports on the agriculture sector, the economic survey report that was released a day before yesterday leaves no doubt. It is not like Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA) Research Company or other research institutions where people go and corrupt then you find various stories coming out. Let us be genuine and know which institutions can give authentic and genuine results, so that at least you appreciate what we are doing. In our BETA, according to ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for the question coming from the Senator for Kajiado. Senator, the plant you are referring to as ipomoea is very dangerous. Right now, it has affected around 37 counties in the country. It is a problem that the Cabinet is seized view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: of. We are trying to see how to deal with the effects of this plant to ensure that we protect our rangelands. I may not be able to tell you to what extent or measures that we have developed. This matter was brought to the attention of the Cabinet by hon. Soipan Tuya and we have already formed a committee to look into it. On 9th of this month, we picked our technical teams from the Ministries to sit down and look at it in order to brief us on what we need to do. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply as follows to the Question from the Senator for Tana River. Firstly, I would like to say that in this short rains season, Tana River County received enhanced rainfall in the months of October, November and December, which resulted to floods and reports of deaths of human and livestock, destruction of property and livelihoods, as well as displacement of people was reported in the region. The effects of the floods necessitated the formation of the National El Nino Emergency Preparedness and Response Command Centre on the 27th November, 2023, at the National ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Through the Ministry’s Directorate of Veterinary Services (DVS) issued advisory to all counties to step up vector control measures and enhanced surveillance. The Government, through the Ministry, procured 1.4 million doses of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) vaccines and 450,000 of the Blue Tongue Disease. Tana River received 150,000 doses of the RVF vaccines for the vaccination of the animals. That is what we the Ministry did in terms of trying to come through for the farmers or the people of Tana River County who lost their livelihoods through floods, either on the side of crops and livestock. With regard to ... view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I seek your guidance on how to deal with the issues because when I started answering the Questions, I cleared with Question No. 047, which had issues to do with coffee farms geospatial survey and geospatial references. We are over one hour after that Question, but I am being asked to go back to it. Secondly, my able Secretary-General of United Democratic Alliance (UDA), Sen. Veronica Maina, has also raised a question on whether we have money to pay for coffee debt, which I had answered. I think she had not come in then. view
• 22 May 2024 in Senate: Well guided, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view