Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 980.

• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I hereby table the details of the total cess collected from each KTDA managed factory, multinationals as well as private factories from September, 2010 to April, 2011. (b) The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) disbursed a total of Kshs256,411,936.10 back to KTDA managed factories, multinationals, private factories, for rural maintenance through the District Cess Committees and local authorities. (c) I also hereby table a comprehensive list of all the roads maintained by each tea factory and the respective expenditure for the period, September, 2010 to June, 2011. view
• 24 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no problem bearing in mind that the hon. Member is a statistician and he needs time to go through all that statistics. Therefore, I am willing to come back next week. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that the price of sugar in the country has risen significantly in the past few weeks due to the countrywide shortage of the commodity. (b) The countrywide shortage of sugar is occasioned by the following factors:- An acute sugar cane shortage especially in Nyando and western sugar belt caused by severe drought in 2009 and lack of development of sugar cane and below par development of sugar cane by the new sugar millers in the zone. (c) The global sugar shortage has forced the private sector to ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (d) The Ministry and the Government as a whole has put the following measures in place to cushion the sugar consumers from the escalating prices:- (i) We want to reduce the cost of production by supporting the farmers with credit to enhance cane development. (ii) Support the farmers through low cost fertilizers. (iii) Support the farmers through rural roads infrastructure. (iv)We are also allowing the importation of duty free sugar from within the COMESA region. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that all the sugar factories normally undergo annual maintenance. The country is a net sugar importer because our annual production is 520 metric tonnes whereas our local demand is 720 metric tonnes. We normally allow importers to bring in the deficit. The importers are unable to get sugar anywhere in the world because even if they bring it here, it becomes extremely very competitive. So, we have a problem which seems to be escalating every day. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry, through the Kenya Sugar Board, is trying to encourage the private sector to come and invest in sugarcane development in Coast Province. Mumias is trying to venture in Tana River and we have the revival of Ramisi in Coast Province. So, at the end of the day, we can have adequate production of sugar cane to boost sugar production in the country. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government is on its feet. We have some policies and a roadmap to ensure that we have adequate cane production. Our biggest challenge has been cane production where we experienced drought in 2009 and we could not get adequate cane. The Government is putting in place measures and we have come up with a very comprehensive report which we are implementing on the competitiveness of the sugar sector in the country. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, we have a very big challenge. As I indicated earlier, we do not have a major short-term measure because at the end of the day, until when we can control the cost of production and produce adequate cane for the local consumption, the prices will still go up. The Government is in support of even the Bill that is before this House, namely, The Price Control Bill, to ensure that the consumers are protected in one way or the other and ensure that our citizens do not suffer a lot. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I had already stated that the local production is 520 metric tonnes whereas the local demand is 720 metric tonnes, leaving a deficit of about 200 metric tonnes per annum. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to seek the indulgence of this House. This Question involves a lot of statistics which we have not yet compiled from the field. I would like to seek, at least, one week so that we can collect the full data and I can come back and deal with the Question comprehensively. I have partial data and I have agreed with the Member to give me, at least, one week, so that I can give a comprehensive answer to the satisfaction of the House. view