Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 980.

• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (a) I will reconstitute the Tea Board of Kenya in line with the Tea (Amendment) Act, 2011 as soon as the miscellaneous amendments, through which I have proposed to increase the number of loans, are effected. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (b) I cannot publish regulations to guide the involvement of farmers in utilisation of tea cess because, through the miscellaneous amendments of 1999, to the Agriculture Act, Cap.318, cess collected in respect of tea and coffee shall be transmitted to the respective District Roads Committee covered under the Kenya Roads Board Act, 1999. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (c) I cannot amend the rules for election of factory directors of the Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) managed factories because KTDA factories operate under articles of association as enshrined in the Companies Act. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are seeking to amend Section 3 of the revised Act, so that the Minister can appoint nine members. The Act says that there will be nine elected members, but, unfortunately, when it comes to the tabulation, we are ending up with seven. So, we want to add two more slots, so that we are in conformity with the current Act. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, the current Kenya Tea Board is in operation. The next Board will be constituted when the term of the current Board expires in 2013. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the new Act did not abolish the current Board. The Minister for Agriculture will be able to reconstitute the Board and we are saying it is important, therefore, to accommodate the existing Tea (Amendment) Act; there is a provision intended to facilitate and realign the composition of the Board as stipulated; it will consequently enable the dissolution of the Board whose term will expire in 2013. So, the current Act has not at all abolished the existing Board. Once the current Board expires in 2013, the new one will be constituted. That is why we are ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to give a lengthy response to this Motion. However, I would like to donate a minute each to my colleagues. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I would like to thank Dr. Khalwale for bringing this Motion to the House. My heart and spirit is with this Motion. I would like to start with coffee. Where I come from, we have been brought up by coffee. In the early 1970s and 1980s, coffee was the leading export earner. However, in the late 1980s and 1990s, the coffee fortunes went down as a result of massive debts. The Government has gone out of its way for the last five years to revive coffee production and as at now, many ... view