James Kimaru Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: You will find that the price of bottled water - like this amount - is about Kshs120 per litre. All that the companies that process water need to have is packaging material, take the product through the filtration process and then take it to the shelves of supermarkets. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: If you look at major dairy farmers, you will find that, first, they must have cows, get fodder for them, take them to the cattle dips and vaccinate them against certain diseases. I am talking about farm gate prices; that is the price at which we sell milk to KCC or Brookside. I am talking about farmers in Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia, Elgeyo Marakwet, Central Province and many parts of Kenya who end up selling milk at prices of between Kshs20 and Kshs25 per litre. If you visit a supermarket, you will find that the price of half a litre ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: When VAT was introduced the other day, the price of milk went up. Many families now go without breakfast and many Members will concur with me. The same VAT was applied on animal feeds. The effect of that is that the cost of production went The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: up. I am saying that the farm-gate prices of milk which we sell to KCC and a company like Brookside are low. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: We have a liberalized market but I want to draw your attention to the fact that--- Those of us who come from tea-growing areas know that the Tea Board of Kenya has set a minimum price and if you sell below that price, you will make losses. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: If you visit maize-growing areas like Tran Nzoia and Uasin Gishu, you will find that every other year, the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) normally sets a minimum price below which you cannot sell the crop. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: We urge the Government to set a minimum price for our small-scale dairy farmers. That is because the price at which they sell their milk in the farms cannot enable them break even. Could we set a minimum price so that they can break even and make profit? Milk production is a business venture the same way you go and buy shares and trade in other commodities. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: All of us know that dairy farming is a source of employment to many people in Kenya. The same dairy farming is a source of income because it is from it that small- scale farmers educate their children, buy clothes for themselves and even have money to get treatment when they fall sick. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Further, milk production can be a big foreign exchange earner for this country. Let us support our small-scale farmers if we want our economy to register a two digit growth rate. This country will realize the Jubilee dream of ensuring that the economic registers a two-digit growth rate. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I request hon. Members who are here to kindly support this Motion because we are speaking on behalf of many Kenyans who are looking at us and have no other choice other than to practise the same farming. view