Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I totally agree that the sugarcane should be weighed but there has been an agreement between the stakeholders, especially the millers with the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB), where the agreement is that they cannot afford to put a weigh bridge. For example, in Mumias, they have more than 70,000 sugarcane growers. Are we really going to have a weigh bridge for them; a machine which is so costly? That is why we are saying that we want the farmers and the KSB to agree to have this machine at a central place where this sugarcane can be ... view
• 15 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is really done by the KSB regularly. They check whether those weigh bridges are functioning and are accurate. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that some farmers in Mutomo and other areas of Ukambani are unable to deliver their produce to NCPB depots due to the long distances. (b) My Ministry is holding consultations with the various stakeholders with a view to establish buying centres to facilitate collection of maize. (c) Establishment of NCPB centres in Mutomo and Ikutha will be considered once there is production of sufficient stocks for sustainability. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can only ask the hon. Member to identify a central place because we cannot buy the maize from every location, but we can organize it to be done in one particular place in order to help the people of Mutomo. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not say that the Government is not buying maize. I only talked about the buying centres. We cannot afford to put a centre in every location in this country, but we can look for central places where people are travelling long distances to deliver their goods. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is a production Ministry. We are not really engaged in buying maize per se. But this is being done through a special programme for strategic reserves. That is the only time we come in. We do not buy, but we produce. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I answer that question, I would like to say that in the entire Eastern Province and parts of Central Province, we are facing a lot of problems because some of the maize which has already been delivered to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) contains aflatoxins. We have suspended the buying of maize for the time being so that we can have a thorough check and then we will start again. The cause is too much rain and people are not drying their grains properly. They just harvest, put it in ghalas and then bring ... view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Despite the substantial amounts designated for infrastructure improvement, roads have not been improved to the desired standards due to poor collaboration with the stakeholders in the sugar-cane growing areas. (b) The allocation and utilization of Sugar Development Levy by the sugar factories is as per the list which I do hereby lay on the Table. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: The Ministry of Roads is best placed to provide the information on the road’s levy. (c) Sugarcane farmers are levied Cess as stipulated under the Local Government Act, Cap265 and Agriculture Act, Cap.318. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to apologize to the hon. Member if he did not get the written answer. But the answer was forwarded together with mine; so, I am sorry about that. On the question which was asked by the hon. Member, in fact, up to date we have disbursed over Kshs600 million to the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) for infrastructure in all the six millers, including Mumias. We have also given them money with which they can buy tractors or/ 13 view