Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 1161.

• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture is on record when he said that he never, and he did not know that. That is all. Let us move on to crop insurance cover. The farmers can get crop insurance cover because there are some insurance firms which offer the cover to protect farmers’ crops. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true. They can get insurance. Any farmer, including Members of Parliament who do farming, can get insurance cover to protect their crop. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said--- view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said we are still taking stock of how many farmers have been affected. Secondly, we will provide subsidized seeds and fertilizers to the affected farmers. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said when I was reading my Statement, we are working with our extension officers to teach our farmers what to do to avoid their crop being affected by the disease. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot say “Yes” or “No” until we know the number of farmers we need to compensate. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true. We are taking stock of all the parts of this country which are affected. We have officers in every district who are trying to ascertain how many farmers are affected and the acreage involved. So, this is being done countrywide and not just in Bomet. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with this disease, you can only tell that the crop is affected when it is knee high. You cannot tell when it is below the knee. I have said that the research institute went and took samples which we took overseas and we will come up with a disease resistant crop which will be distributed to the farmers. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that cassava farmers in Nyanza and Western provinces are incurring significant losses in yields occasioning losses in revenue due to attack by cassava mosaic virus and cassava brown streak virus. view
• 29 May 2012 in National Assembly: (b) The Government through the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) is undertaking the following measures in order to eradicate Cassava Mosaic Disease and Cassava Brown Streak Disease:- view