Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a week ago, the Ministry distributed 726 metric tonnes of high value seeds. This was taken to 117 districts which cost the Government Kshs125 million. Now, these seeds are being distributed by the DAO all over the 117 districts. They can be found there. view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for fertilizer which is being sold at Kshs4, 000 it is not being sold at the NCPB depots. This is a market going price for--- view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would really like to know where the fertilizer is being sold by National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) because they have instructions. What happens is that they sell one bag, bring us the receipt and we pay them the element that the Government is meeting. I do not see how anybody could sell that fertilizer, which is supposed to be subsidized by the Government, at Kshs4,000. I would like to have that evidence and we will take action. Let me get that evidence and we will deal with it. If you have evidence - and I ... view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chanzu, just after this, I will call the District Agricultural Officer (DAO) there and check whether he is paying Kshs4,000, and we will deal with it. On the question by Mr. Mwangi--- view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that farmers in the hon. Member’s area use NPK1717 and NPK2323. That is available and if he goes to his nearest depot, he will find it there at a very subsidized price. view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can assure the hon. Member that there is fertilizer in Kitale now. The only thing is that it is not enough. I am saying that it is going to be there before the end of this week because it is being delivered on a daily basis. We have hired enough lorries to deliver it. I said that the delay came about because we were taken to court and we had to wait until the case was sorted out. view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I only talked about 27,000 DAP fertilizer which we brought in. But before that, we had DAP fertilizer for planting in various stores. What we did not want to do is to shift from one area to another. But now, the view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: 5,000 bags we have now, we are delivering to the areas where there was no DAP. We are giving the areas which are expected to be planting now a priority. That is exactly what we are doing. We are going to give our farmers enough fertilizer to do their farming. view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am surprised! The hon. Member should substantiate and table such information. That is because I am not aware of anything like that. view
• 13 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: I will do so, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view