Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that goons are used to confisticate these equipment but I will check and I can assure the hon. Member that it is not going to happen again. I know they did it because some of the farmers were being financed by the millers and they were taking the cane to the jaggery millers to avoid payment of the loan that they were advanced. I will follow up on the issue of the police and the persons used to block the farmers. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can assure the hon. Member that anybody who has not signed any contract with any miller can sell his cane to anybody. With regard to the issue of goons, I will follow up the issue. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (a)The Minister’s Gazette Notice No.16229 of December, 2010 lifts the ban on exportation of raw nuts. However, the Gazette Notice has been challenged in court by High Court Case No.JR368 of 2010. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (b) In view of the above Gazette Notice, part “b” of the Question does not arise. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (c)Attached is a schedule showing month-to-month payment made to macadamia farmers for their crop from January, 2010 to date. In January, 2010, Kirinyaga East was paid Kshs3.85 million; Embu West, Kshs288,000 and Embu North, Kshs3.7 million. In February, Mukurweini was given Kshs350,000; Kirinyaga East, Kshs4.45 million; Embu East, Kshs3 million and Embu West, Kshs348,000. In March, Mukurweini got Kshs1.05 million; Kirinyaga, Kshs4.78 million; Embu East, Kshs4.5 million; Embu West, Kshs432,000 and Embu North 7.488 million. In April, Mukurweini got Kshs1.75 million; Kirinyaga, Kshs5 million; Embu East, Kshs13.5 million; Embu West, Kshs288,000 and Embu North, Kshs11 million. In May, Mukurweini got ... view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the House that there is no ban on any raw nuts. Anybody can deal in the exportation of raw nuts, including macadamia nuts. However, during the ban, the prices of these had gone up to Kshs10 a kilogramme depending on the area. After lifting the ban, we are now talking of a price between Kshs65 and Kshs85 a kilogramme. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we did it because we realized that the prices had gone too low and it was not fair for the farmers. That is why the ban was lifted. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, farmers are organized into groups so that they can have bargaining power on the prices; they can determine at what price to sell their nuts. We have what we call KABAG(?) in the Ministry of Agriculture which deals with macadamia nuts, mangoes and so on, so that the farmer can get return from their produce through value addition and processing. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing are organization and doing a bit of advocacy and communication to let our farmers know that they can only achieve higher returns of their produce by coming up with high quality products. That is what is being done at the moment. view