Henry Tiole Ndiema

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am ready to issue the Statement, but the Senator who requested the Statement is not here, he could be on the way coming. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Sorry. Sen. Ndiema. What are you saying? view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not seem to see the Senator who sought the Statement. Perhaps he is on the way coming. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement to issue. Since the Senator for Nandi County is in, I am ready to proceed. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sang requested for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture regarding the declining profits in the tea industry. The questions were many and as you will recall, other honourable Senators rode on those questions and asked many more questions. Let me go directly to citing the questions and the answers. The first question was on whether the Government is aware that the amount of tea bonuses to farmers has drastically declined in the last three years and reasons for the same. The Government is aware that the final amount of tea bonus paid ... view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just about to finish. This is the last one. Why there are only limited number of auctioneers who sell tea yet this is a free market: There are currently 12 brokers registered by the Tea Directorate to operate at Mombasa auction. However, tea regulations allow qualifying firms to be registered as and when they apply. The existence of adequate tea volume to be traded is also another factor that informs the number of brokerage firms in the auction. view
• 11 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, the issues raised by the Senators are valid. Since some of them had not been raised earlier, I may not have the answers. But I will go back and get answers. On the task force, our Committee has made sure that it will certainly report to the Senate. In fact, we have our Clerk as a member of the task force. The draft regulations to deal with Ad valorem are already in the process. Therefore, reduction of ad valorem tax is on the way. Regarding the 12 brokers, I said in my Statement that a request ... view
• 10 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am ready to give the statement. However, the Senator for Nandi who sought the Statement is not in. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to seek clarification with respect to the tanneries that have closed. What will the Government do to ensure that they are reopened in the same manner that other industries have been saved, for instance, the sugar industry? This is an industry which supports very many people, particularly, those in the Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASALs). view
• 6 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I want us to look at Article 181 of the Constitution which states:- “A county governor may be removed from office on any of the following grounds- (a) gross violation of this Constitution or any other law; (b) where there are serious reasons for believing that the county governor has committed a crime under the national or international law; (c) abuse of office or gross misconduct; or (d) physical or mental incapacity to perform the functions of office of the county governor.”. view