Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank my friend for that Question. I want to request the whole country, particularly parents because there is always the temptation to say, I want my child recruited. I am appealing because we have gone on live transmission that Kenyan parents should avoid the temptation of giving any money to any recruiting officer, whether from the Prisons Department or any other departments of Government. What happened in the case of Meshack Kipruto Rotich from Kosirai Division was that he was recruited outside his district which is unprocedural, after failing to succeed in his home district. He ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to use the Floor of this House to even give warning to all the officers who serve under the Prisons Department. I am sure this applies to the Government across the board; that any case of corruption will be dealt with mercilessly. view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the hon. Member for Bura for that question. Let him know that since I was appointed Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, this House would recall that prison officers actually went on strike and there were reasons as to why they did that. I promised this House that we would do certain things which we did. So, we appointed a special Commission led by an eminent Kenyan, Maj, (Rtd) Marsden Madoka who compiled a report because the Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs has to deal with prisoner rehabilitation and ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading the House on the hardcore business. The hon. Member for Chepalungu has been in this House for a very long time and he knows that I would be the last person to mislead him and through him, the people of Chepalungu. On the definition of hardcore criminal, I have actually listed a long litany of offences under the Penal Code which if one is convicted of one of the offences, qualifies to be a hardcore criminal. The people who have been released under the presidential pardon are not in that category. ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I encourage my friend, the hon. Member for Chepalungu, to cease from having that “lynch mentality” because if the House begins to lynch all of us here--- I have assured the House that we have synchronized and the correct position is as I have given it. Therefore, it should be taken firmly that the people who are released under the presidential pardon are not in the category of hardcore criminals. I started by accepting on behalf of the Government that we are aware of the wave of criminality and armed robberies in Matuu Town. The ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the Member for Yatta has gone to the core of the problem. Our prisons are congested mainly by people in the remand prisons. On average, on a daily basis, prisoner population is about 50,000 and out of this, more than 25,000 of those are prisoners waiting for their cases to be mentioned in court. If they are criminal cases, then after every two weeks, they have to appear before a magistrate for the mention of their cases. During that time, the hon. Member for Yatta feels that they get training in a negative ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that farmers supplying sugar-cane to the Government-owned millers could miss out on the high prices in the international market due to the high cost of sugar production. (b) The Government will ensure that final payment is not reduced by ensuring that transporters maintain a competitive price, and that millers do not increase the price of fertilizers. (c) The Government has ensured that farmers enjoy maximum price benefit by ensuring that factories pay farmers in accordance with the fixed formula. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the answer is not misleading. It is the correct information. I would like to assure the hon. Member that we are looking into the issue of the prices of the inputs for sugar production, especially fertilizers, as well as the view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: rate charged for transportation. We have made the millers to come up with categories, from zero to 10, and state how much it costs per tonne and so on. The price of our sugar is not based on international sugar prices. It is based on domestic factors because we do not even export sugar. We always import sugar into the country. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the KSB is trying to do an experiment to find out whether making payment on the basis of sucrose content of sugarcane can apply. They are sourcing for a machine which can test the sucrose content of sugarcane. At the same time, we found it very difficult to place a weighing scale in every sugarcane farm, because the farmers are many, and are scattered. So, we are trying to come up with a common area, where sugarcane can be weighed before it gets to the factory. It is impossible to supply all the farmers with weighing ... view