George Gitonga Murugara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to make a contribution to this. Let me begin by thanking Hon. Tandaza and Hon. Owen Baya for the good work regarding this crop, which is not known to most of us. I am happy that it appears we are going to pass this for you. I must confess that I would want to know more about that crop and I will come to you for lessons because some of the crops that grow along the Coast region do very well in Tharaka. I have an example of cashew nuts which ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Allow me to take a swipe at the Ministry of Agriculture. In spite of the fact that Hon. Dawood did say that the Cabinet Secretary is doing a good job, it is wanting. It cannot be said to be 100 per cent good because he is paying a lot of attention to tea, coffee and sugar-cane. We have a host of other scheduled crops which require the attention of the Government in policies that have been mentioned by the Leader of the Majority, but we are seeing nothing about those crops. For example, cotton, which the Hon. Member for Funyula ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Allow me to take a swipe at the Ministry of Agriculture. In spite of the fact that Hon. Dawood did say that the Cabinet Secretary is doing a good job, it is wanting. It cannot be said to be 100 per cent good because he is paying a lot of attention to tea, coffee and sugar-cane. We have a host of other scheduled crops which require the attention of the Government in policies that have been mentioned by the Leader of the Majority, but we are seeing nothing about those crops. For example, cotton, which the Hon. Member for Funyula ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: We also have another crop known as pearl millet. Pearl millet is also known as bulrush millet. It is also grown in Tharaka and Ukambani and it is one of the best food crops. We have seen the Government do nothing about this; the same with sorghum which is in very high production in Tharaka. We are in the peak season and it is used by Kenya Breweries because of the production of beer. You will see nothing from the Government in spite of the fact that those are scheduled crops. So, I urge the Ministry to invoke its powers ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: We also have another crop known as pearl millet. Pearl millet is also known as bulrush millet. It is also grown in Tharaka and Ukambani and it is one of the best food crops. We have seen the Government do nothing about this; the same with sorghum which is in very high production in Tharaka. We are in the peak season and it is used by Kenya Breweries because of the production of beer. You will see nothing from the Government in spite of the fact that those are scheduled crops. So, I urge the Ministry to invoke its powers ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I was informed by the former Cabinet Secretary in charge of Agriculture that another crop, a food crop which is also a cash crop known as green grams ( ndengu ) which is widely grown in Tharaka, Ukambani and in other arid areas, is a scheduled crop. But I notice that it is not here. Although it was supposed to be gazetted as required by section 7, this was not done. I would like to inform the two honourable Members, that when we go to the Third Reading, I will be moving an amendment to ensure that ndengu or green ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I was informed by the former Cabinet Secretary in charge of Agriculture that another crop, a food crop which is also a cash crop known as green grams ( ndengu ) which is widely grown in Tharaka, Ukambani and in other arid areas, is a scheduled crop. But I notice that it is not here. Although it was supposed to be gazetted as required by section 7, this was not done. I would like to inform the two honourable Members, that when we go to the Third Reading, I will be moving an amendment to ensure that ndengu or green ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Again, as regards to this particular crop, we need to support it. It needs to be marketed properly. We also need to have experiments of where else that crop can do well. As I have said, I believe that it can do well in Tharaka. It may do well in Kipipiri, Gilgil and in other semi-arid areas. This is a crop that may help the economy of this country, whose backbone is agriculture. There is nothing else that we do which is as productive in the country as agriculture. We must, therefore, support the Crops Act, an amendment similar to ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Again, as regards to this particular crop, we need to support it. It needs to be marketed properly. We also need to have experiments of where else that crop can do well. As I have said, I believe that it can do well in Tharaka. It may do well in Kipipiri, Gilgil and in other semi-arid areas. This is a crop that may help the economy of this country, whose backbone is agriculture. There is nothing else that we do which is as productive in the country as agriculture. We must, therefore, support the Crops Act, an amendment similar to ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me make my contribution to this particular policy paper bearing in mind that this is not the first one and I am 100 per cent sure it is not going to be the last one. Going back into history a little bit, we had all papers right from the time of the colonial government including the Devonshire White Paper of 1923 and its policy was that Kenya was a black man’s country and the interests of the black man were supreme. I can confirm that in fact nothing came out of that. From ... view