4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kicomi was sold by the Government to a Mr. Sajid Malkit Singh in 1993 and he owns it. So, we have no authority to go and grab it back from him. We are trying to encourage him to open it. He will, definitely, open it once the production of cotton is sufficient for him to operate.
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry, through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), has imported 13,750 metric tonnes which is 275,000, 50 kilogramme bags of Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) (26 per cent Nitrogen) as subsidies to mitigate the effects of post-election skirmishes and the current food crisis. (b) A total of 28,000, 50 kilogramme bags of CAN have been channelled through NCPB depots in the sugar sub-sector. (c) The fertiliser is available and sold through NCPB depots at Kshs1,750 per 50 kilogramme bag. November 4, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3231
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just a week ago, a contract was signed with a company which is supposed to bring the following fertilizer: DAP 1846, 25,000 metric tonnes; NPK 26.55, 63,650 metric tonnes; NCK 2323, 32,062 metric tonnes; CAN 26 Nitrogen, 28,950 metric tonnes and Urea 46 per cent Nitrogen, 15,654 metric tonnes. This is expected between now and February, 2009.
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fertiliser Mr. Mbiuki was talking about was for the short-rains and already, we have fertiliser for South Rift, Eastern and Central provinces. It has already been supplied and it is in the depots. We are talking of the bulk fertiliser which we are bringing next year between now and February.
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what my colleagues talked about was the fertiliser for Eastern, South Rift, Central and the other areas where there is rain. Even if there is a lot of rain in the North Rift, they are almost harvesting what they had planted. The bulk fertiliser which is coming and which I had talked about is going to be taken to those areas. As we speak, there is a lot of fertiliser in Rift Valley Province and we are borrowing some to take to the other areas that lack it.
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fertiliser which has been channelled to sugar subsector is as follows:-
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Okay, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I lay the list on the Table.
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4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the DAP which will be coming will be sold at 3232 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 4, 2008 Kshs3,600 per bag. Urea will be lower than that because it will be subsidised by the Government.
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30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The total loses incurred by the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) since 2003 up to last year is Kshs3 billion. This included the burning of the factory, loss of pyrethrin and a bit of mis- appropriation. (b) We have taken the following action against the persons responsible for the loses:- (i) We wrote to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), and I have a copy of the letter we wrote to Justice Ringera. I would like to lay it on the Table.
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30 Oct 2008 in National Assembly:
(ii) We have also written a letter to the Inspectorate of State Corporations requesting them to investigate the matter. I would also like to lay on the Table a copy of the same.
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