Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: This is a committee outside our Ministry. It is formed on the other--- view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this committee is the one which determines the price of sugar cane. The way they calculate it is that they take the net of ex-factory price per tonne, divide by 1.16 and what you get, you go further and divide it by 1.04. That is how you are supposed to calculate. This was passed in 2001 and the formula was too complicated to be implemented. Just two months ago, they developed a simpler method of calculating what to be charged. For example, let us take Chemilil Sugar Factory. The ex-factory sugar price in May was Kshs3,450. They ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am surprised when Mr. Okemo says that I do not know and I do not understand what I am saying. I am sorry, Mr. Okemo, you are very wrong. I know what I am saying! The House knows that there is a major exercise as far as reforms in the sugar industry are concerned. A Paper has been prepared and it is going to be presented to the Cabinet which is going to deal with issues like privatization. We are also going to bring a Bill here to be passed by this House. When passed, it ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, payment of cane is only done at the end of the month. This is what is going to be calculated. They are going to take what was the ex- factory price for May to give us what is going to be paid to farmers. I have given the figures according to specific millers. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not need to issue a circular. The pricing committee has communicated to every miller and that is going to be applied. Those who are not going to comply will be dealt with. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The NCPB is not currently selling maize to consumers because it does not have commercial stocks. (b) The NCPB will start selling maize at the Migori Depot once commercial stocks become available. Individuals and institutions can source maize from the open markets which have been liberalized. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is common knowledge that the NCPB does not have commercial stocks of maize. What we have in our silos is for the SGR. For example, we have more than 2,755 90-kilogrammes bags of maize at the Migori Depot. That maize will be used only for the famine relief programme. However, the Board will start selling maize once harvesting has been done and it has bought maize from farmers. Currently, the NCPB does not have enough maize to sell. Those who want maize can buy it from the market. Those who cannot get maize from the market ... view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when relief food is distributed in every constituency, the Committee can sit and decide what portion they want to give to their schools. That is allowed. However, our Ministry is a production Ministry and the one that deals with distribution of relief food is the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. I know that if the food gets to the constituency and the Committee wants to allocate a few bags to the schools, they can do so. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to correct the hon. Member. Most of the maize in the silos is imported because all our maize was sold. That is not my area though. The NCPB only holds the maize on behalf of the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. So, I have no authority to allow some maize to be sold. We are only custodians. We have no authority to sanction the sale of the maize. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that we are only holding the maize. All the maize in the various depots was imported. We in the Ministry of Agriculture have no authority to sell the maize. We are only holding the maize on behalf of the Ministry of State for Special Programmes for relief purposes. We cannot do anything else. view