Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 491 to 500 of 1873.

• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for your indulgence. I rise pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) to make a Statement on a general topical issue concerning the inhumane evictions of families in Chepturo Village, Kiptuiya Ward, and Chesumei Sub-county in Nandi County. The incident which happened in Nandi County from the night of Wednesday 9th October, 2019, to the morning of Thursday 10th October, 2019, was very unfortunate and inhuman, to say the least. More than 2,000 people, both young and old, were treated to the greatest terror of their lives. People’s homes, Churches and schools were brought down by ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Through a statement, the Governor of Nandi County confirmed that his administration and the national Government were aware of the matter. He also confirmed that they were working towards a permanent solution that would have served justice for both the original and current owners of the land. The available options were to either find an alternative piece of land to resettle the current occupants of the land, or compensate the original owners who had filed the case in court. However, in actual sense, the only viable option was to compensate the original claimants of the land, since the intrigues could ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the land question is very sensitive, and a ticking time bomb. Over the years, Kenya has experienced violent intercommunity clashes because of unresolved land issues. Most communities that share a boundary are always fighting; although in the disguise of politics, but it is because of land. It does not need any special knowledge to connect every other post-election violence in Kenya with evictions of one community by the other. It is a fact that a majority of Kenyans occupy land on the strength of allotment letters and sale agreements. Most families have not done succession of ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the correction. I beg to submit. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, I want to thank you for the opportunity to make my remarks on this very important Report of the ad hoc Committee on tea. I will begin by declaring that I was a Member of that Committee, even though I was not present during the meeting where they signed on the Report. However, I fully subscribe to what is contained in the Report and support the final outcome of the ad hoc The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Committee. I also want to declare that I represent tea farmers. We grow tea in Vihiga and we have a tea factory known as the Mudete Tea Factory. Let me start by thanking my colleague, the Senator for Kericho County, Sen. Cheruiyot, for coming up with the idea of forming an ad hoc Committee of the Senate to look into issues that affect tea farmers in this country. I want to thank the membership of that Committee for their dedication. They managed to visit about seven counties to meet the farmers and all the stakeholders in the tea sector. Therefore, ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: The second issue that came up was taxes. We discovered that the tea farmer is one of the heavily taxed individual in this Republic. There is the issue of double taxation because they are taxed by county and national governments and so on. The issue of taxation must also be looked at. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: The third one was the issue of the middlemen who trade in Mombasa. These individuals have become billionaires out of tea business yet they do not have even a single stem of tea plant. They have become billionaires just by trading other people’s tea. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: The fourth one was the issue of price fixing and lastly, lack of competition. We must ensure that there are other players besides the Kenya Tea Development Agency The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: (KTDA) to ensure that there is competition, so that the farmer can get value for their products. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with Sen. Wetangula and support the analogy he gave when he spoke. The tea sector has been mistreated and has not been given the attention it deserves. Since you were not in the Chair, Sen. Wetangula in his analogy said that when you have your prime cow, the one that produces a lot of milk, you separate it from the others. You even feed it separately and ensure that it is well fed. You do not mix ... view