Franklin Mithika Linturi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to appreciate Sen. Faki for his patriotism and concern for the well-being of the country's economy. The matter he is raising is not particular to Mombasa County since it is not a tea grower. Mheshimiwa, I appreciate you for thinking about other Kenyans. I am aware of what is happening at the tea auction. If urgent measures are not taken, we will likely experience a serious market glut and our prices will collapse. One of the reasons this is happening is because we are trying to enforce regulations on the reserve price of the ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Yesterday, I discussed with the Ambassador of Egypt. We have a Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) meeting next week. They aimed to increase our exports to Egypt, Pakistan and Iran to open the markets. We want to increase our exports. However, we have only found a new market in China. I flagged off a container to Australia for tea, another frontier. Everything else will be fine once we mop out our processed tea here. We are encouraging the value addition of tea so that we can take control of the market. In December last year, I appointed a gentleman working day ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Let me appreciate the Senator for those good words, but at the same time, please allow me to invite you to participate in this noble course of fertilizer distribution in the country. Understanding that from the last experience that I had, we realized farmers were moving to very long distances to collect two, three or four bags because of the cost ending up being quite high on their end. Two weeks ago, I have had a meeting with the County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) of all our county governments in Naivasha. We sat down, discussed and agreed on a plan ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Additionally, I asked them to give me a list of one station in every ward; meaning we will be opening 1,450 ward stations in the country. It is an investment by itself, but for whatever it costs to ensure that our Kenyan farmers are happy, we are willing to go that extra mile. Therefore, I also ask the Members to support us in making sure that you push your governors. Since, the framework and the understanding that we agreed on is that, they will be able to give us the stores. Even if it means getting contract employees with the ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Sen. Kavindu Muthama was not here when I answered the question. However, the question was asked by Sen. Wambua and a supplementary question was from Munyi Mundigi. We are aware of the pain that our farmers go through to produce mangoes and avocadoes. One of the long-terms plans that we have, which I did not talk about, is that with this Aggregation and Industrial Parks that we are talking about, we will be able to aggregate. They are being equipped with cold rooms to ensure value addition for us to prolong the shelf life of our products. Therefore, if we ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: lead country that is targeting how to grow animal feeds to feed our animals because they are also a source of food. Food Security is a problem of the whole world and not only Kenya. We should leverage on that gap, especially our young men and women who are jobless. We should take advantage of technology. The good rains are here and the good sales will cover this gap and put more people into employment because kilimo sasa ni biashara. There are indicators out there that shows we are trying. We cannot give ourselves a mark, but anyone that has ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Bw. Naibu Spika, ni kweli kwamba shida ya konokono ni suala sugu upande wa Mwea. Nawashukuru watu wa Mwea kwa sababu walipanda mpunga msimu uliopita na tani tulizopata zimeongezeka. Hili ni suala nitakalolishughulikia. Siku ya Ijumaa nitakuwa Mwea saa tatu ya asubuhi, halafu nielekee Embu kwa view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: kuhusu ng’ombe. Nitakuja na wataalamu Friday, niwaache huko wakishughulika baada ya kumalizana na hii Field Day ya mambo ya mpunga ya watu wa Mwea. Nashukuru kwa yale uliyoyasema. Pale tumeenda chini kidogo, tutajaribu kuinua ratili. Asante, Bw. Naibu Spika. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: I do not know how to answer that question. I would like to be excused. Sen. Cheruiyot, the Senator Majority Leader, is my friend. I answered that question in the same frame and format before you got here. I talked about what we are doing and where we are today. For purposes of clarity, three weeks ago, I had a meeting in Naivasha with all the County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) in this country. We agreed that by 15th February, every governor will give us a list of five areas in his county for every ward. Let me be clear. ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not answering that. I would like to say something on the issue of the tax. view