Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that it is going on now. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that the Ministry is organizing the farmers into groups. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the process is ongoing with the farmers. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, during that time, the Ministry brings farmers together. They are taught how to take care of their crops by applying fertilizers and other farm chemicals so that they can get good returns from their crops. view
• 14 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why we put farmers into groups is to enable them to have a better bargaining power. That way, they can determine how much they will sell their crop for. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The current maize seed shortage was caused by a combination of increased demand and prolonged dry spell last year. The Government has mobilized stocks held by seed producing companies and dealers to areas of need. (b) The current official prices for the various packages of seed maize by the main seed producers and dealers are as follows:- view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, Kenya Seed Company managed to plant only 22,266 hectares instead of 29,000 acres. During the long rains this year, the Kenya Seed Company had 15,400,000 kilogrammes of high altitude seed varieties against an average need of 17.5 million kilogrammes of seeds. There is a short fall of 2,000,000 kilogrammes which is being met by the other private companies. What is emerging is that most of our farmers do not want seeds from the other companies. We have varieties which are equivalent to what is being produced by the Kenya Seed Company but ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have information about what has been distributed. For example, in the North Rift, we have already supplied them with 7,269,357 kilogrammes while in the South Rift, we have supplied them with 2,719,928 kilogrammes. We have also supplied seeds to all the provinces. Although there is that shortage, I can assure the hon. Members and the country that it is not that serious because the other companies have seeds of the same quality that could be planted in those areas. view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said that our requirement for the long rains is 17.5 million kilogrammes. We have already given out 15.5 million kilogrammes to farmers. I have also said that 1.8 million kilogrammes is being supplemented by the other seed companies. Therefore, the shortage is not that acute the way it is being implied. It is true there is a shortfall of 200,000 kilogrammes which is being met. I have talked to the Managing Director of the Kenya Seed Company and they are trying to mobilize and move from some areas which have already planted and ... view
• 7 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday and today we had meetings with the Kenya Seed Company. We have instructed them to contract 40,000 acres to plant seeds for the coming rains. I can assure the House that we are starting irrigation to produce seeds for this country. This is not going to happen again. view