Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is purely cane funds. It will be given to the farmers who qualify and are planting cane, especially cane development. At the moment, we are facing a very serious shortage of sugar. That is why we are investing this money in cane development to avoid this in the future. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government, in collaboration with other stakeholders, is undertaking the following measures to promote silk production and weaving; (i) Production of clean and high yielding mulberry planting materials (cuttings and saplings or seedlings) for sale to farmers. (ii) Production of high quality silkworms seed (eggs and chawki or young worms) for sale to farmers. (iii) Training of farmers and provision of extension officers. (iv) Supporting farmers in the construction of rearing houses and acquisition of various equipment. (v) Training in value addition of mulberry leaves and fruits. In addition to these measures, ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our showground and demonstration houses were damaged during the post-election violence and many farmers went away. We are now putting up the same buildings to train these people. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, just to go back to what the Member was asking, I am ready to visit the place any time that she wants together with my officers and she will be shown everything. This is going on at the show ground. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am ready to give a date, but I will talk to her after this so that we can agree. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The price of sugar has increased significantly due to reduction in sugar production from an average of 55,974 metric tonnes in January to 26,060 metric tonnes in August. In fact, in September it went down to 22,000 metric tonnes. This was occasioned by shortage of cane; overhaul of premium prices by the European Union (EU) market; and the general global increase in the price of sugar from US$282.11 to US$560.9 per tonne currently. (b) Measures to mitigate sugar supply and price include the following in the short term: Aggressive cane development campaign ... view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even before people were given licences, but they did not bring anything. Since January to September we only managed to bring in 8,000 metric tonnes from outside. As I said, a lot of sugar is going to the EU. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, honestly, I have no way of compensating those people who have been hard hit by the current prices. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all the mills are paying an average of Kshs4,300 per tonne of the cane delivered. This is one of the things that has caused the increase in the price of sugar. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, already, the Ministry through KSB has spent over Kshs570 million on cane development. A lot of the cane that was on the ground during the year 2007/2008 was burnt and destroyed. Also the drought which was in Nyando and the western zone also affected our cane. view