Henry Kosgey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The National Industrialization Strategy was formulated last year and launched on 28th January, 2009; I laid it on the Table of the House. We have also written a policy, which is with the Government. It will come before this House for debate. Our development strategy includes alcohol processing, value addition to our agricultural produce, so that we do not sell our products before they are processed. We also intend to develop machinery for processing of produce as well as venture into the area of electronics and ICT sector, broader development ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question actually asks for all this information. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have supplied it, but the Question asks about distribution of development projects in Kenya. They are quite a number. I was not even going to cover the lot. I was just going to touch on a few. We have a new programme called “One Village, One Product”, which we are going to introduce in the whole country, covering all the constituencies. We are undertaking development of industrial parks, starting with Mombasa, as an industrial area. We are looking for land. We have almost identified a place. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Mumias has the potential for soya beans processing, vegetable oil processing, making of farm tools, hides and skins tanneries, biogas production in Mumias Town, recycling of waste paper, food solids and sewerage sludge, household utensils, making of ceramics and other porcelain products. The whole of the western region has the potential for that, because it has good clay soil, from which we can produce very good cutlery; other activities will involve hatchery and poultry, animal feeds production and so forth. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: We can also create an enabling environment. We are doing that in Mumias area. The Question asks about the potential of that area and projects planned there. We do not really plan projects, but we provide an enabling environment for both local and foreign investors to invest. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already mentioned the potential of Mumias in areas of vegetable oil processing. The alcohol production that the hon. Member is referring to is already being done by Mumias Sugar Company. We could have other competition. Already, Mumias Sugar Company is producing energy. At the moment, they are producing six megawatts of energy through the burning of biogas. Power alcohol has got potential. In order to make sugar production in Kenya viable, all factories must not only concentrate on production of sugar, but they must produce power alcohol and energy, so that it becomes ... view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was a Question that was asked about Kenya Industrial Estates earlier this--- view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Exactly, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. It was answered very elaborately. view
• 23 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, regarding the specific brief of Mumias, we do not have an industrial estate in Mumias. We have it in Bungoma. There are 42 industrial estates countrywide. view