Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 980.

• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry has prepared a Cabinet Memorandum and is seeking the Cabinet's approval for the write off of the entire debt of Kshs41 billion. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have the Ministry of Agriculture, the various stakeholders in the sugarcane industry, the Sugar Development Fund and the Kenya Sugar Board, among others. These institutions are consulting to ensure that these loans are written off. We have come up with a Cabinet Memo where we have requested the Cabinet to approve the write-off of the loans. Subsequently, we will table the same in the House for Parliament's approval. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to assure the Member that the loans owed by the coffee farmers to the tune of Kshs3.2 billion have, indeed, been written off. The money has been paid to the Co-operative Bank of Kenya, which had advanced the money to the farmers. Some of the loans have been written off. The coffee farmers do not owe any money to the Government as of now. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have made arrangements. I believe that in the course of the next two months, the Cabinet will approve the Paper. The debts will be written off by March next year when we will have completed the privatisation process of all the State-owed sugar mills. Ja nuary 29, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) The modalities to be used by the Ministry to effect the recent directive to sell the 2- kilogramme maize flour packet at Kshs52 and Kshs72 for the poor and other Kenyans respectively are as follows:- The 2-kilogramme maize flour will be milled and distributed by the millers in the normal market way. The 2-kilogramme flour at Kshs52 will be milled on contract by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). The NCPB will brand and distribute the flour to the appointed stockist to sell to the consumers. (b) Currently, there are ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. We are packing the maize flour that will retail at Kshs52 in special 5-kilogramme bags. The millers are packing the maize flour in those bags and distributing it through the NCPB. The Board will go an extra mile to appoint stockist who will dispose of the maize flour in 5-kilogramme bags to all consumers across the country. We have done the labelling and indicated a price of Kshs130 for the 5-kilogramme bag. This flour cannot be sold at any price above that. All the stockist will be paid directly a retainer fee of 10 ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. The only difference is packaging. The maize flour that will retail at Kshs72 is packed in 2-kilogramme packets while the one that will sell at Kshs130 is packed in the 5-kilogramme bags. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the difference is not in the quality of the maize meal. The quality is the same. We launched the 5-kilogramme bags yesterday and gave samples to all the media houses. We are planning to bring samples to this House even today so that all hon. Members can see what we are doing. The difference is in packaging and not the quality of the maize meal. The quality is the same. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, all that we can do as a Ministry, is to December 10, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3969 table the two products in this House. At the end of the day, they are one and the same. I can table the two products this afternoon. I can bring the two samples; one which is packed in a two kilogramme bag and the one which is packed in a five kilogramme bag. We can even do the sampling in this House. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are two types of flour which should be selling in the market. One is packaged in two kilogramme packets while another is packaged in five kilogramme packets. The one on the lower end will be more subsidised than the other one by Kshs10 shillings. The one for the ordinary market which is packed will be selling at Kshs36 per one kilogramme. The other one will be selling at Kshs26. So, we have gone an extra mile to really subsidise more by Kshs10 but the distribution channel is just the same. We are going to ensure ... view