John Lodepe Nakara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: order for them to earn income. We need to pass and support such laws that actually make our people generate businesses and, therefore, job opportunities for our people. view
• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the goal of this law is to provide the objective basis of understanding and improving regulatory environment for businesses in our country. I want to highlight one thing that happened. We went to one of the countries last month and met a group of Kenyans who told us what happened to some investors who came to this country last month. We are told there are some investors who came here and they wanted to see a Cabinet Secretary concerning investment in this country. They stayed here for three weeks without seeing the Cabinet Secretary. They left ... view
• 5 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The challenges that are facing the Coffee Research Institute in Kenya are too much. The institution was started in 1908. It is a very old institution which we expect by now should be self-sustaining and self-growing. The importance of research in this country is to add value. When we do not do research, the price of all our products will be low internationally. A research institute would help us add value on our products so that we compete favourably internationally. So, this is an important institution and we need to fund it. With research, ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: no new blood that has been pumped into this institution. That is why it is dying. We need to employ young men who have actually gained new knowledge as per the current generation. However, if you go to this institution and other research institutions like the Livestock research institution, you will find the same problem. The other problem has to do with technology and modernisation of the equipment that is used there. The Coffee Research Institute is still using old equipment. It does not have money to get new and modern equipment for research. We are in another generation and ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I join my fellow Members to say that this is a calamity. We need to solve it before it clears all our vegetation in this land. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: According to scientists, these insects belong to the kingdom of animals in the class of Insecta, which is very dangerous. They consume a lot of greens wherever they go. These insects have caused a lot of damage on plants. The locusts have also affected the economy of some of our counties. Recently, the insects invaded Turkana. I was in my constituency yesterday and one of the head teachers told me that the locusts have already invaded the village where his school is. He told me that education in that village called Chobocho has been affected. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I agree with the speakers who have said that the national Government needs to intervene. It is because county governments may not have resources. This is a very big problem and if at all we are going to leave it to the county governments only to deal, they may not have the capacity to solve it. So, we need the CS of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries to declare this a disaster. It is not shame to say, “I am defeated. I need assistance from outside”. That way, donors will come in. Donors can send experts to combat ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: means of solving it. We need to act fast before the locusts move to agricultural areas in this country. They are now present in the warmer places like Turkana, Isiolo and others. If they get to the heart of Kenya, there will be no control at all. We will lose many things and our economy will go down. Let us try other means to prevent the locusts from invading the agricultural areas. I agree with Members who said that we need to have in place effective institutions which give us early warnings. Before we reached this situation, we ought to ... view
• 30 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to join my fellow MPs in supporting this Motion. I want Hon. Members to know that, as we talk about farmers, we should also include livestock farmers from where I come from. view