Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to tell the hon. Member that we are not using the old method. The Ministry has already taken the initiative to make sure that this country has enough food. For example, the Ministry or the Government will start supplying subsidized fertilizer which is already in this country. Because we want to break the cycle of the disease, we are giving famers planting seed in the areas which were affected. The Ministry will spend almost Kshs0.5 billion to provide subsidized seeds to the farmers--- view
• 12 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are using the new technology. view
• 6 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also appreciate the sentiments from my good friend, Mr. Ethuro. I really would like to inform him that we had prioritized debate on the IDP Bill for last Wednesday, but he was not in the country. In fact, I am surprised to see him because when I tried to enquire, I was told he will be in Uganda for the next two weeks. It is an usual thing because some hon. Members saw me, particularly the Minister for Agriculture, and she thought she was seeing a ghost because I was supposed to be in Uganda. But ... view
• 6 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that I had given you a notice that I wanted to raise an issue on this matter. This is not the first time for this House to be accused that we are being bribed and that we are killing reports because we have been given money. If you listened to the FM stations from last night to this morning, you must have realized that we have been called all manner of names you can think of. I did not see anybody give money. I was not given any money by anybody and I stayed ... view
• 6 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to second the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2011. Sugar cane is one of the most important cash crops in Kenya. It supports over 200,000 small-scale farmers, and an estimated six million Kenyans derive their livelihood directly and indirectly from the sugar industry. Despite massive view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Before I answer, I would like to make a correction. We are not talking about 0.46 per cent. This is supposed to be 46 cents and not a percentage. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware of the 1 per cent ad valorem levy on tea exports imposed under Section 18 of the Tea (Amendment) Act of 2011 to replace the manufacturing cess previously charged at 46 cents a kilogramme of made tea. The proposed levy was introduced after wide consultations with the stakeholders through a taskforce ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to advise the hon. Member that this taxation is not passed to the farmer. This is taxation after auction in Mombasa. It is a tax applied only to exported tea. There is nothing that will affect the farmer. For example, with regard to value addition to tea, there is no levy on it. For tea which is consumed locally, there is no levy on it. So, this is a very small percentage and it only applies to exports and imports. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, if you look at the previous one, the 46 cents was at manufacturing level and that was being borne by the farmer. But this one is after the auction. It is just only to the exporter but not to the farmer. The purpose of this is that the Government has reduced the grants it has been giving to the Kenya Tea Board. Therefore, the stakeholders found it wise to increase this to 1 per cent for the research to be done. This is the breakdown for the 1 per cent: Fifty per ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: infrastructure; 40 per cent goes to the Kenya Tea Board for advertisments, looking for market and sustaining what they have. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture is very small compared to what other Ministries are getting. What we are doing to keep the Ministry running is that we are really supporting our parastatals, for example, the Kenya Tea Board and the rest. The stakeholders are the ones who came up with this idea so that the Kenya Tea Board can continue with research, looking for new market and do value addition to this. They agreed to increase the cess. The farmer is still getting what he was getting before. In terms of payment it ... view