John Dache Pesa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 271 to 280 of 669.

• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am satisfied but I thought that, through the Chair, he could tabled them in this House. Alternatively, he can give an undertaking to give them to me. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, his undertaking is conditional. I have to write a letter to him. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will do so at your direction. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order, hon. Pesa! Allow the Assistant Minister to finish what he is saying and then you can enrich your point of order. view
• 19 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have heard the Questioner explain here very clearly that we are talking about the 2008/2009 Budget. The Assistant Minister is talking about 2006. How does he bring in 2006? Is he in order to mislead the House by confusing 2008/2009 with 2006? view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this important Motion. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion, as my Chairman has ably put it, has taken a lot of time before it came to the Floor of this House. I want to thank him and our team for the good work that we have done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Motion before us here took us to travel the entire Republic of Kenya, especially in western Kenya, where we grow sugarcane and, of course, at the Coast. We heard a lot of people, the stakeholders, ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: unacceptable. This is one area that we want hon. Members to assist us. We should reduce it as has been proposed in the Act. We want it not to be more than 10 per cent of what is charged throughout the Republic. There is also another element where we are losing a lot of money as farmers. If you go to areas where sugarcane is grown, you will find that most of the sugarcane is dropped during transportation. That is one area we are asking this Parliament to help us change so that, weighing can be done at the gates ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, he is from that belt. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir that is very relevant and adds a lot of flesh to what I was talking about. In the case of Mumias, of course, the farms still belong to the farmers. So, there is no problem in that area. However, in areas where farms were sold, we will make sure that farmers who gave their farms for free are considered as part and parcel of the factories. In so doing, we will invite other developers or investors to come to the belts and own 49 per cent of what we have. It should not be more ... view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: So, we want the Government to ensure that the sugarcane, which is over-grown and over- mature at the moment, is harvested, so that it can benefit farmers. We have had what you would call “middlemen” in the sugar industry. view