Dr. Hezron Manduku

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: August 9, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3125 view
• 9 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 37 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word "libelling" appearing in Paragraph (b) of Sub-clause (1) and substituting therefor the word "labelling". view
• 8 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we want to appreciate the effort the Ministry of Energy is making by taking power to institutions like schools and markets. They have indicated that anybody within 600 metres from the transformer will pay Kshs32,000 to get power to his home, or to any institution. I do not know whether this is effective. That has been tried and it looks like the ordinary people in the villages cannot afford Kshs32,000. They used to work together as a group. When they say Kshs32,000 per every individual home, they are finding it very expensive. Could the Assistant Ministry ... view
• 1 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Assistant Minister said, recently they announced recruitment of PI teachers from a backlog of teachers who had been trained many years back. While making that announcement, the Ministry left out the new districts. I will give an example of my district - Masaba - where people who trained as far back as 1998 are still hanging there. What are we going to do with those teachers, whose districts have not been included in the list of the districts going to employ teachers during this exercise? view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Minister confirm that a consignment of tea weighing 30 tonnes worth over Kshs10 million was collected from Kiamokama Tea Factory by Kotecha Transporters on 28th June, 2007, for delivery to Mombasa, but the tea never reached its destination? (b) Could the Minister further confirm that the vehicle that collected the tea was later found abandoned and empty in Nakuru? (c) What measures is the Minister taking to recover the tea, safeguard the interest of the affected farmers and bring ... view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to thank the Assistant Minister for that good answer. However, the farmers are worried because this kind of theft has been happening now and again. Repayments from insurance takes quite a lot of time and this has made the farmers to have no confidence in the transport by the KTDA and its transporters. Could the Assistant Minister tell us how and when he expects the farmers to be paid for the loss of their tea? view
• 31 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, this kinds of theft is rampant. We want farmers to be protected. We know that they are insured, but insurance companies take a long time to pay them. What measures has the KTDA put in place to prevent these kind of thefts? They are affecting the farmers in the delivery of their produce. view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order when the Assistant Minister says that they cannot afford to pay for the cost of this very cheap material when yesterday the Ministry waived fees for maternity deliveries in this country? Was it not necessary to consider this cause? If the Ministry says that they are going to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), how will they achieve this when young girls are infected? Can they not get money like they have in the case of deliveries fees? view
• 24 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we appreciate what the Ministry has done to reduce malaria incidents in the country. Of course, that situation being as it is, we have not heard of a case of Highland malaria being reported. However, is he aware that there has been an upsurge of malaria incidents in the western parts of Kenya, Nyanza and Nakuru? What are they doing to ensure that those cases reduce because the disease is still the No.1 cause of deaths in this country? view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pyrethrum farming in most of the areas, particularly those in the western parts Kenya and, of course, Nyandarua, has declined. Lately, there has been a lot of sacking of employees from the PBK, especially the top management. We want to know the reason for this sacking. Is it because, maybe, the crop is not selling? What is the reason for the sacking? Some of the people who were sacked were nearly due for retirement. Why can they not be retired rather than being sacked, unless they have very serious reasons for that mass sacking? view