Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (b) A total of 1,052 farmers have so far benefited from the programme. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kenya Sugar Board is in the process of releasing these funds. There was a problem of identifying the institution which will lend the money because this was being done by AFC alone. They have been looking for other institutions to help them lend the money to farmers, especially those that can reach them easily and without a lot of costs. So the remaining Kshs500 million will be given as soon as possible. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, let me answer the question raised by the hon. Member and then come to yours. It took the farmers so long to exhaust the Kshs500 million and even now as we speak, we have Kshs10 million which has not been drawn from the first allocation of Kshs500 million. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware about the issue of misappropriation of funds. I am only saying that the money which we have given out as we speak now is Kshs480 million out of Kshs500 million. Even if we give this other half before the first allocation is exhausted, the money will be just lying there. We need to speed up this exercise. That is why we are also looking for another institution to assist AFC to lend this money to the farmers. This money purely is supposed to be used for irrigation of sugarcane and also assist ... view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, KSB is not in the business of lending money to the farmers. That is why we are coming up with another financial institution to help the farmers and which is closer to the farmers more than the AFC. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Both; the farmers and also the institution. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it will be signed before the end of this month and all the money will be with AFC. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Gonzi Rai is bereaved and he has talked to you and the hon. Member. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Next week. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, during that time when the issue of Charter House Bank was brought to this House, I remember, I asked the Minister for Finance a question. He told this House that he was acting to stop a run on the bank. He promised this House that he would reopen the bank after a while. However, up to now, even the licence for the authority of the person from the CBK to remain in the bank has expired. This has not been renewed. It is really a pity that a senior member of the Government made a statement in ... view