Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 631 to 640 of 980.

• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by apologising for coming late. I was in the office waiting for this answer. That was why I got here late. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the employees of the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya (PBK) are currently on strike due to non-payment of their salaries. However, I am aware that the Board has salary arrears of Kshs3.9 million, and not Kshs24 million. The Kshs3.9 million is salaries due to the PBK management staff for the month of July, 2011. This has not precipitated ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we acknowledge that the PBK owes the farmers Kshs2 million. We have already initiated a process for a Cabinet approval, so that we can sell the PBK non-core assets, so that we can dispose of all these debts. The Cabinet has already given us the approval. We expect to be able to clear all these outstanding debts as soon as possible. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Ministry of Agriculture, we want to acknowledge that most of the farmers are owed money in massive arrears. We are trying to re-structure most of our parastatals to ensure that they are really functional, and that they are able to pay farmers in a timely manner. We realise that most of the business activities in which farmers are engaged are not so much commercial. Unfortunately, due to lack of marketing, we have been lagging behind, but we want to promise this House that the Ministry is doing the best it can to ensure that ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the year 2005, the Government gave the PBK Kshs863 million to clear some of these debts. However, some of the debts were not 100 per cent cleared. These are some of the debts which have been outstanding there plus debts owed to some suppliers. We found that the most prudent way of dealing with this issue – because we have not been able to get further funding from the Treasury – was to dispose of the non-core assets of the Board, so that we can clear some of those debts and move on. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have done some analysis of the problems we have encountered within the sector. The first problem has been lack of enforcement of the law as well as the regulatory framework within the sector. The other problem has been lack of a law on pyrethrum production. What we are doing is to ensure that farmers are paid in time, so that they can be motivated to ensure that we have adequate production. The other measure is to ensure that we have good corporate management of the PBK, because poor corporate governance and mismanagement have also led ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say that we pay farmers promptly. I acknowledged that we owe farmers Kshs52 million. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm to this hon. House that there is no strike at the PBK. When it comes to salary arrears, the PBK owes only Kshs3.9 million to the management staff only and not the other members of staff. There is, therefore, no salary arrears to other categories of employees. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the relevant Ministry therefore, he does not need to go to any other Ministry. I am willing to go with him so that we can verify that the only balance that is remaining is only Kshs3.9 million which will be paid by the end of this month and there will be no salary arrears. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Agricultural Finance Corporation advanced poultry loan to Mr. Pitalis Ojowi Omutu on 24th September 1991. (b) By the time the Government wrote off loans owed by farmers in 2002, the total loan for Mr. Omutu was Kshs203,959.59. The farmer has paid Kshs41,700 leaving an outstanding balance of Kshs162,259. (c) The AFC has continued to demand for the payment of the loan since Mr. Omutu was not among the beneficiaries of the loan write off approved through the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2002. Thank you. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, we need to acknowledge that Mr. Omutu took this loan of Kshs50,000 about 20 years ago. Since then, he has paid a total of Kshs79,000. He has not even reached the 100 per cent peak. Therefore, he has a long way to go. view