Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I have said, the factory and the KTDA management have come up with ways of minimizing the collection time, by increasing routes and collection centres and also requesting farmers to deliver their produce directly to the factory where they will be reimbursed Kshs1.50 per kilogramme. This problem is not only experienced in Mudete Tea Factory, but it is also experienced in other areas. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not have the actual number of kilogrammes which were spoilt, but that has been corrected and it will not happen again. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was not aware of that. I can assure the hon. Member that immediately I get out of here, that will be dealt with. This is because they should not refuse to register them. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the cess money is supposed to repair and maintain those roads. The KTDA is also responsible for the repair of those roads. We will address that issue with the KTDA to make sure that all the roads are motorable all the time so that tea can be collected. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is not being made from the ivory tower. This is an answer, which has been prepared from the ground by the KTDA and also the officers of the Ministry and I can assure my friend, hon. Chanzu, that this problem of delaying of collecting tea is going to be done away with. There is no problem. That can be arranged. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like to second this Bill. This Bill is long overdue. A lot of things have been going on and our farmers have been really suffering. For example, you will find when KEPHIS finds fake fertilizer sellers, they cannot take these people to court and when they take them to court they are fined peanuts. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill will enable KEPHIS to be able to arrest those people who will be found with fake seeds and fertilizers and also those people who are importing things and bringing them illegally into this country. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would really like to ask the House to support this Bill so that we can save our farmers because they have suffered a lot. You remember one time when farmers were sold ash and told it was fertilizer and then they incurred losses. You remember another time when there was an invasion of weevils people ... view
• 9 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government, through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), is buying maize for Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR) to cushion farmers from exploitation by middle men. In addition, the Government is implementing warehouse receipt system in which farmers can store their maize to sell at their own time. (b) The NCPB is in the process of identifying a suitable storage facility. I would like to request the hon. Member to be there on Thursday this week at 10.00 a.m. The Managing Director of NCPB will be there with his team and the ... view
• 9 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would have really liked to accompany him. However, I have a farmers’ field day on that day. He will, nonetheless, have enough officers who will be accompanying the Managing Director and the hon. Member’s problem will be sorted out that day. view
• 9 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, currently, the price is Kshs3,000 per a bag of 90 kilogrammes. Over and above that, the farmers are also getting subsidized fertilizer. So, I think they are fairly compensated. view