Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 951 to 960 of 1161.

• 15 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am saying that, once the Ministerial Committee which was set up by IFAD and ADRA finalises its modalities of dealing with the Kshs3.2 billion, that money will be given to farmers through the branches of Equity Bank. view
• 15 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that the Kshs300 million was contributed by ADRA. It contributed US$2.5 million and IFAD contributed the other US$2.5 million. It is not the Government which did that. The reason why the Ministry got involved is because the money was going to be given just once. But we agreed with Equity Bank to keep that money and then disburse to farmers about Kshs3.2 billion. Otherwise, we were not depositing it as security. view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government has put in place the following measures to avert acute food shortage:- (i) Remove duty on imported rice and reduce duty on imported wheat from 35 per cent to 10 per cent. In 2007/2008 Supplementary Estimates, Kshs2.226 billion was allocated to national food security. (ii) Approve the importation of five million bags of maize to re-stock the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR). (b) In order to make arid and semi-arid areas more production to feed the nation, the Government has the following plans in place:- (a) Promotion of drought-tolerant traditional food ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already told the hon. Member what the Government has done, and the allocations to make sure that we are not affected as a country. There are many other projects going on, which are supposed to take care of the production of food in this country. For example, as I said we are expecting to import about three million bags of during July and August to ensure that we have enough for our people. view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, other Ministries are also doing some other things. I only spoke for the Ministry of Agriculture I referred to what it has put in place to make sure that semi- arid areas have food. view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when it comes to water harvesting, I did not say that the Ministry has allocated Kshs68 million. I said it is Kshs100 million, and this is just by the Ministry of Agriculture. There is the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, which also allocating funds for this purpose. So, I was only talking about the component of the Ministry of Agriculture. view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can assure the House that the Government is doing all it can to ensure that no Kenyan goes without food. This Question was directed at the Ministry of Agriculture. I was dealing with it in that Ministry. What I know from the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is that there are plans. It is true that the Ministry is looking forward to making sure that we have more acreage put under irrigation. With the budgetary allocation we have, we cannot do much. As I said, the Ministry is looking for money to make sure that we ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the five million bags we are going to import is standard. Every month, we will import a certain number of bags as we wait to see how much maize the July- August harvest in Southern Rift Valley will yield. The five million bags will not be brought into the country at once so as to flood the market. Every month, we will bring in a certain amount of maize as we wait to see what our local harvest will be. view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Kshs100 million I talked about will cater for all those districts the hon. Member is talking about. The only thing we are not satisfied with is the allocation that the Ministry gets. The Ministry needs more money to meet the needs of this nation. We were even not allocated what we required. The Kshs100 million I talked about is allocated to every district. For instance, I have list showing all the 58 districts getting a certain amount of 1668 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 8, 2008 money. However, the amount for each district is so little that you ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have started doing so. The prices of the fertilizer that farmers are going to get in the next season will be controlled by the Government. That is one way of subsidising. We are also asking the Government to meet 40 per cent of the prices of fertilizers as the farmer meets 60 per cent of the cost. view