23 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Statement should have been placed before the House last Thursday; it is made pursuant to Standing Order No.36(4) and the Leader of Government Business is supposed to act accordingly. If you allow me, I would want to place before the House a Statement that should have been made last Thursday.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) has supported and continues to support the sugarcane farmers in cane development in the country through the disbursement of the Sugar Development Fund amounting to Kshs5,049,946,231.75 since 1992. (b) I hereby table the list of expenditure by the KSB towards cane development indicating the amount in Kenya shillings and the sugarcane zone per annum since 2005. (c) I hereby also table the list showing the amount of sugarcane produced in metric tonnes by each zone since 2005.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, those factories apply for the money and they are given. We do not just give those factories money before they have applied for it. There are some years when some of those companies the hon. Member has talked about, did not apply for the money. I would ask the hon. Member to tell them to apply for the money because the KSB has money to loan.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, once a factory applies for a loan from the KSB, it is supposed to on lend the money to the sugar farmers. That is what really happens. The factories have to apply for the money. The KSB cannot just give the money. The money is there and the factories should apply.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading the House. It is the factories that are supposed to apply for the money from the KSB. Once the money is advanced to the factories, they are supposed to on-lend it to the farmers. That is exactly what happens.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the growers meet and look at their demands and authorize the factory to apply for the money. Then the KSB advances the money to the factories for on-lending to the cane farmers.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading the House. I am only telling the House the procedure of getting the money from the KSB.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am hearing this for the first time. I would like to go back to the Ministry and check whether it is true there is such a negotiation. If there is, I will bring the answer to the House.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would just like to confirm that I will only come back to the House on that element between the Ministry and Equity Bank. This is not the first time the Ministry has done something like this. We have done it before. I do not see where the problem is coming from.
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18 Nov 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, next week.
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