Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one, is to privatize the mills. Most of the mills are very old and to produce sugar is costly. Secondly, the mills are now using double the cane compared to previous times. This is because of the immature cane. Lastly, we have started negotiations with the Treasury to see whether they could give a waiver on the importation of sugar. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have explained that. If you look at the statistics, in January we produced about 56 metric tonnes a month. Today we are producing, say, 20,000 metric tonnes a month. These are some of the factors which are causing the price of our sugar to increase. There is also the fuel factor. Once you buy sugar in Mumias, you have to transport it to the towns. This is also affecting the prices. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a Bill pending in this House. It came once on the Floor, but then it was pended. The Bill consists of all those amendments and what the hon. Member is asking. view
• 17 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenya has a quota with the EU which, in fact, we had lost. However, the Government got it back. It was given to Mumias Sugar Company so that they be supplying 15,000 metric tonnes annually. If they had not done that, Kenya would have lost the quota. view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I answered this Question last week and I tabled some documents. The hon. Member was supposed to go through them and then he would raise questions. However, I will go through the answer again. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was not only the rich farmers who benefited. The AFC set criteria of two and half acres of land because they thought that was more economical. However, I am willing to talk to them to reduce it to a size that is profitable. We could go up to two acres instead of two and a half acres. I will talk to them and find out whether we could do so. view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true there was Kshs1 billion which was allocated, and we have given out Kshs500 million. Now we are in the process of releasing the other Kshs500 million. We were negotiating with Equity Bank, but we differed with them. We have gone back to the AFC. They are the ones who will administer the Kshs500 million. We are waiting for the Board of the KSB to be constituted, so that we release the money to AFC. view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is not the Government. It is the AFC. But we will talk to the AFC, so that they can take in the individual farmers. view
• 16 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the applicants, for example, in Migori, were almost 300. When you look at Bomet, there are only four applicants. We have to take the money where it is required and where the people are. So, we give it according to the applications. I am not aware that the loans have been given to the rich farmers, but I can assure the Member that if they have been given to the rich farmers, those farmers will have to repay them like everybody else. The loans are not going to be written off. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have agreed with the hon. Member that this Question be deferred to Thursday, next week, because I do not have sufficient information to answer it. view