Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with this cess, value addition will be done. Research will also be done to come up with better, high yielding and faster maturing crops. Also the infrastructure around the tea growing areas will be improved and that will be a big benefit to the farmer. The issue of infrastructure has been raised in this House so, it will be improved. Whatever has been collected up to now is only--- view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the farmers are the ones who are providing all these services for themselves, I would like to find out from the Kenya Tea Board view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: where the money is going to. If it is going to the districts, hon. Members are members of the District Roads Boards and they should make sure that the money is fully utilized. I will just find out and come to this House and say exactly how much has gone to which district. Then we will find out why you are not involved in doing the road. The farmer should not be doing the roads; the money is there. For example, the Kshs29 million which is being shared to all the tea growing areas; that is the money to be ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said when I was answering the Question from the beginning, we will continue assessing the situation. But I would like to tell the hon. Member that on 11th August, 2011, we had a stakeholders meeting which involved the Kenya Tea Development Agency, the East African Tea Trade Association, Kenya Tea Growers Association and many other stakeholders. It is not the Ministry which came up with this issue; it is the stakeholders who came up with it. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are many benefits to the farmer, including value addition and research. Only last year, we launched a new tea variety. Without cess money, all other activities will slow down because the Government does not give money to the Kenya Tea Board and the research institute. So, if we want tea growing to continue, there has to be research on prospective markets and the crop itself as well as upgrading of the infrastructure. So, there are many benefits for the farmer. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have given the dates when the consultation meetings were held. I do not have the actual lists of attendance, apart from what I have read. However, I can go back to my office and bring the list for him to see; because this was done properly and everybody was involved. This is provided for in the Act relating to tea. The Act provides that the levy can be increased up to 2 per cent but we did not increase it to 2 per cent. We are only talking about 1 per cent. view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I was scheduled to carry out monitoring and evaluation of water harvesting activities in Central Province during the month of March. 2012. However, I am not aware of the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of Kirimiri Dam in Murang’a District which was to be conducted on 1st March, 2012. (b) The construction of Kirimiri Dam in Murang’a South District has been initiated with site selection, community mobilization and detailed designs having been completed. The Ministry, in consultation with National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), is finalising the Environmental Impact Assessment Report on ... view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we gave the project 20 per cent and in the process, the money in the last financial year was withdrawn but now I can assure the hon. Member that the project is going to be done. view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whenever we have an activity on the ground, our officers involve everybody. They invite hon. Members and that is going to continue. view
• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can confirm that where we had done our survey, we are going to give back the money. view