Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: regulations that are being proposed by this Bill. They are well intended, and I agree. Maybe we want to set standards, but the net effect will be to create structures of corruption and ensure that people cannot freely trade. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for me, with all due respect, I am trying to convince to you. Consider recasting some of these provisions here. Do not give a requirement for growers to be registered. Let anyone who wants to plant ndengu do so. That is freedom. There is nothing as important as freedom in this country. Look here. We have been fighting for freedom of expression and movement. Why can we not have freedom to trade? view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: I am serious. People have been fighting for all forms of freedom in this world. There is freedom of expression and movement, but what about freedom of trade? If I have a shamba in Murang’a or Kitui and want to plant ndengu, why should I seek a license? Why should I be registered by anyone? I do not want to be registered. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, look at the proposed Clauses 8 and 9. It talks about the requirements of licensing of marketers, processes, large scale traders--- Give freedom to anyone who wants to market the effect. Please, come to my place and register. That is my view. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Look at proposed Section 11. It says: “Refusal to issue a license.” That means an officer can misuse his power; he wants money and corruption. What do you do? You give out money. For me, all systems or entities that appear in this country, which have a form of a license, very few do it bona fide. Vast majority of them act mala fide. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, therefore, make this industry less regulated. Regulations do not assist a sector; they tend to retard a sector. That is my strong view. In fact, my final remark is this one. I ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: In India, you can see that farmers are currently on strike demanding guaranteed minimum return to be retained there. In Europe by the way, farmers usually get some form of guarantee from their governments. I wish you were saying that as the County Government of Kitui or Murang’a County Government, we are going to give some form of guarantee to our farmers. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, whatever produce they come, we give them certain incentives; either we support their inputs or prices. You come up with what we call a stabilization scheme. When prices are down, they get some support from that fund. When prices are up, a certain amount goes to that fund, so that you guarantee prices stabilization for ndengu. That would make a lot of sense. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: By the way, what disincentives farmers in this country is the problem of prices. I am aware in Kitui County that there was an attempt by your governor to make some intervention in this area of ndengu . I know you may be having a little bit of differences with her, but please look at that issue. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am trying to argue that we should look at the issue from an objective point of view. The reason I suspect that, that scheme failed is the issue of there was overproduction and no market. I am trying to imagine. What is the solution to that issue? The solution is to guarantee farmers; that when they plant their view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: today, tomorrow they know the price and that price will not go down. It happens in Europe and America. I do not know why that cannot happen in this country. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view