Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2013 in National Assembly: I would like to thank our colleagues in CORD for ceding ground and accepting to chair PAC and PIC, where they have a minority. I would also like to take this opportunity to urge the leadership of the Jubilee Coalition to allow members of various committees to elect their leaders without being cajoled or blackmailed. Initially, when we were choosing the various leaders of our Coalition, we built a lot of consensus; we would like to be left on our own to pick the leadership of various committees. We saw a message circulating to the effect that committees should be ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the very outset, I want to take the opportunity to thank my brother, hon. Jeremiah Kioni and the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives for spearheading this particular Bill. I want to state that the pyrethrum sector has gone through very many challenges from the 1990s to date when this very vibrant crop went downhill. As a Ministry, we have tried the best we can to revitalize the crop by really pumping in a lot of money to ensure we are able to support the farmers. The PBK was run down during the ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, as the Ministry of Agriculture, we beg to oppose this Bill despite its good intentions. Thank you. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I was saying was that all the issues which are being addressed by this Bill by hon. Kioni are all being taken care of by the Crops Bill. That is why we are saying that we do not want to have quite a number of Bills which are regulating the same sector at the same time. That is why as a Ministry we are supporting the Crops Bill which will be coming on the Floor of this House, unlike all these other fragmental Bills which we are trying to amalgamate and bring together. view
• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to confirm that there are consultations in Government so that I can take over that position of the Minister for Energy because hon. Kiraitu Murungi has given up. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) has paid Kshs8.6 million for the July and August, 2012 pyrethrum deliveries by farmers. Currently, the payment for September, 2012 is in progress and will be finalized by tomorrow. In view of my response to the above, parts “b” and “c" do not arise. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already provided him with a written answer. To add to that, I would like to table the payment schedule for the entire period the hon. Member has asked about. view
• 4 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as I would like to appreciate the sentiments by Mr. Mututho, I would like him to appreciate that the Government has been pumping in a lot of money to revive the pyrethrum sector. So far the Government has pumped in more than Kshs1.5 billion towards the revival of the sector. The pyrethrum sector has actually been on its deathbed, and the Ministry for Agriculture has gone out of its way to revive it. Initially, we used to have elected directors, but once the term expired the board could not even hold elections; that was why ... view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, we can do that on Tuesday afternoon. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am going to liaise with my Permanent Secretary right away, to see if we can do something. But, meanwhile, immediately I am done with the business of the House, I will go and meet those pensioners and give them some assurance. view