Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 831 to 840 of 980.

• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The Government has already paid Kshs4.6 million out of the Kshs16.4 million owed to Molo farmers for the period of April to June 2009. The outstanding balance of Kshs11.8 million will be cleared as soon as funds are available. The Kshs70 million referred to by the hon. Member is for the entire country and not for Molo District. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure the hon. Member that the Directors are not employees of the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya. They are Directors who are supposed to be involved in the formulation of regulations. The number of zones are not fixed but they are based on a number of factors, among them, the current production trend, the number of active growers, the geographical location and layout, the expansiveness of the area, distance, accessibility and on the homogeneity of the growers. The pyrethrum industry in Kenya is on the death bed. As a Ministry, we are ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank this august House. When the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance presented his current Budget, he made a provision of Kshs70 million to clear all the outstanding debts up to June this year. The House has already approved the Budget and we are going to pay the farmers by 1st of August, 2009. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had explained that due to the current production of the entire industry, it was found prudent to review the number of electoral zones from six to four. Then you find that they have used the criteria of geographical locations, layout and expansiveness of the area. The production of pyrethrum in the larger Meru is something very little. When you combine central and eastern zones and due to proximity, we found it good to group them in one particular zone. Our biggest responsibility now is to increase production--- view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is due to the geographical location. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you capture the geographical map of the entire nation, that is the criteria we used to group these regions, depending on locations and the expansiveness of the area and the homogeneity of the growers in all these particular areas. We found it prudent to keep all the farmers in Central and some parts of Eastern together. We have four major regions: The South Rift, which is largely Molo--- view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why we put Naivasha in Central and Eastern is that we are able to put Naivasha with the other parts of Eastern Province due to homogeneity of the farmers and the growers in that particular region. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in clarification of how we grouped Naivasha that way, I can make further inquiries and bring the answer this afternoon. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir- -- view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by apologizing to this House. The Ministry of Agriculture was unable to answer this Question yesterday due to some reasons beyond our control. The Assistant Minister who was supposed to answer this Question was taken ill and admitted at Nairobi Hospital. When the communication came to my attention, I could not save the situation because I had already come to this House. That is when I learnt that there was a Question to be answered. I had to co-ordinate with the office to get the answer, but I was unsuccessful. At ... view