John Owuor Onyango Kobado

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The Member for Kibra is interrupting me. He was a hero of all sorts for those who knew him well. It is worth noting that in this House, probably only three Members had the opportunity to meet him and those are Dr. Oburu; Hon. Olago Aluoch, who I recall was his councillor at the advent of multi-partyism when they were being persecuted; and probably the Chairman of my Committee, Hon. Kamanda. The late Dennis was an attraction, not only to Kenya but to Africa. That is why even in marriage, he had a hand from the United States of America ... view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: continent to come and mourn with us. With your indulgence, Hon. Deputy Speaker, in view of the contribution that Hon. Dennis Akumu made, I urge the Hon. Members of this House to stand and observe a minute’s silence in honour of the great contribution by this great son of the land. view
• 25 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: continent to come and mourn with us. With your indulgence, Hon. Deputy Speaker, in view of the contribution that Hon. Dennis Akumu made, I urge the Hon. Members of this House to stand and observe a minute’s silence in honour of the great contribution by this great son of the land. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. This is an extremely important Bill. In November last year, I had the opportunity to attend a conference in Lima Peru on Parliamentary Front against Hunger. At this conference, it was observed that between 20 to 50 per cent of the harvest in developing countries go to waste. Post-harvest risk could be reduced if warehouse receipts system was put in place. Post-harvest risk includes contamination by micro-organisms and physical damage. A lot is wasted. If you look at the value chain, you will realise that from production in the field to putting food ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Both quantitative and qualitative losses normally occur between harvest and consumption. Therefore, this Bill is a reform strategy for mitigating hunger and improving food security. This Bill will not only assist agricultural commodities but will also be used in other areas, where production and processing takes place. An inventory will be kept if a particular The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: product is semi processed. There are costs which are associated when you keep inventory. These are costs of deterioration, pilferage and wastage. If this system was put in place, all these could be avoided. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, small-scale farmers in this country have suffered a lot, in terms of lack of competitiveness, because of the fragmentation of the land that they use. There are third parties who come in, and take advantage of small-scale farmers. Therefore, this Bill will provide or mobilise credit for small-scale holders so that after harvest, their commodities will be taken to warehouses where receipts will be issued. These receipts can be used as collateral to obtain credit from the bank, so that they can purchase input to prepare the land for another harvest. Apart from that, there are price fluctuations ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill will also facilitate regional trade through harmonised commodity standards. This is to do with quality. If the standards are harmonised across the region, they will be met. This will allow such commodities to be exported to other countries at rates that are competitive. The adoption of post-harvest best practices can take advantage of this warehouse receipts system. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Lastly, the Bill will improve the quality of agricultural commodities. After harvest, there is cleaning, drying, packaging, storage, dispatching and marketing of commodities. If this raft of activities is not properly handled, we will end up with a situation where there will be a lot of wastage. Therefore, this Bill will improve productivity from the farms. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, with those few remarks this is an important Bill, and I strongly support it. Thank you. view