Johnson Arthur Sakaja

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• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Livestock and Fisheries, he submitted that our food security is still stable. That was a very important point for him to make. The 2019 long and short rains resulted in the production of 43.3 million 90 kg bags of maize, which was a slight decline from 2018 which was 44.5 million. However, production of other food staples remained normal. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge Sen. (Dr.) Zani not to leave because she is the one who will second. Even if she seconds for a few minutes as we wait for 6.30 p.m., when we come back she will have ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: The fear we had of such a crazy shock in terms of food prices and food security had not been the case. Of course, some counties such as Kisumu, Busia, Nakuru and Kericho, West Pokot and Elgeyo-Marakwet suffered food loses due to landslides and flooding. There has been a risk of locust damage in Embu, especially Mbeere area, Tharaka Nithi, Meru especially Meru North and Kitui counties because that is where the crops and vegetative stages---. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: There is still a lot of work to be done. We are glad the Cabinet Secretary has put in place the measures that he spoke about. We still have some work to do with the strategic food reserves, which we shall be forwarding to relevant Committees because there is need for some more attention to the strategic food reserves. The Government has disposed of old stock to avoid deterioration. There is a trust fund that has a total cash of about KShs10 billion readily available. We want to make sure this is done properly. This is very important and as ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: There is also the matter of support to small-holder farmers. The Government by that time had distributed 10,000 metric tons of cotton seed to small holder farmers. It is in the process of procuring 72 metric tons of rice seed to be distributed. County governments said that they were in the process of supporting farmers by distributing 10,598 metric tons of fertilizer, 1, 376 metric tons of assorted seeds and 93,450 assorted fruit seedlings. These are the things we want to go and verify whether those county governments are doing. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: There is also 190, 000 metric tons of planting fertilizer DAP, NPK for food crops production had been distributed. As you go through the Report, you will see the breakdown of all these things that have been distributed. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the impact of the directives, I think now with the opening up of Nairobi and Mombasa and Kilifi and the rest, then this The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: impact will cease to be quite an issue. Legal Notice No.50 restricted that but we hope to see that now we can have a better flow. There was suffering especially for Nairobi City. We are majorly a consuming county and the restriction to a great extent hampered the availability of food. We are happy that now food can come in and there is monitoring of food markets as well as supply and making sure the quality is good in terms of the health aspect of the food. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: Food prices stabilized over the past two weeks and increments have been observed on maize and fish by 10 to 20 per cent. We now know they will come down especially since the fish can come from where it comes from and so can the maize. view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: As I move to conclude, so that Sen. (Dr.) Zani can have ten minutes, I hope she does not exhaust them. It is just important to note that we have been categorized as a water scarce country. Our water per capita of 152 cubic against the United Nations (UN) threshold of 1000 shows that we are a water-scarce country. Even as we roll out the boreholes and tanks, there is need to deal with the quantity of water coming into our cities. The Northern Collector Tunnel will generate 140, 000 cubic meters that should be able come in but still ... view
• 7 Jul 2020 in Senate: There is need to overhaul the water infrastructure. In many parts of the City, it is cartels. You will find that somebody has built a house around the physical valve and is the only person who knows where to open. There are trucks and water bowsers out there selling clean water. I am glad that we are in agreement with the national Government, together with the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) that this should be part of history, and we look forward to that. view