13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I said it has been said that the Jubilee Party used that amount of money for campaign. I never said that the Jubilee Party used that money. I said “it is said.” So, sometimes it is good to get grammar right. I do not need interruptions.
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13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly:
I am the Member for Mumias West Constituency, where the factory is situated. I know where the shoe pinches.
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13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand guided. I will come back to pricing. One thing that has actually discourages farmers is pricing. I was looking at the India case where a farmer is paid between Kshs80,000 and Kshs90,000 per tonne of sugarcane. When you come to the local areas, they pay between Kshs2,500 and Kshs3,000. That is very discouraging. This is because of unnecessary deductions. I am not very much worried about zoning. It is just like shops. If we pay farmers well, and we show them how to plant and assist them to access cheap fertilizers, they ...
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13 Dec 2017 in National Assembly:
purposely punishing the two million residents of Kakamega County. Rather than encourage locals, they want to encourage foreigners to put a few things here and there. Like my colleagues said here, some of us compromise on that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on the side of Mumias Sugar Company, I assure you that we now have a new management team. We have a very good managing director who joined the company recently even though he had been working in that company for a very long time. Somehow, people have started being paid on time. The other day, the President said he ...
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24 Nov 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to give a statement on police brutality taking place in Mumias West Constituency. Following the raid at Booker Police Post by gangsters yesterday, 23rd November, 2016, a major operation by officers from the General Service Unit (GSU) started this morning at 4.00 a.m., in search of stolen guns and ammunition. The operation caused more harm to the residents of Shivale Estate. The exercise has resulted in atrocities amounting to abuse of human rights, including harassing and use of excessive force against the locals. Sexual harassment of women and young girls also took place ...
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24 Nov 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to give a statement on police brutality taking place in Mumias West Constituency. Following the raid at Booker Police Post by gangsters yesterday, 23rd November, 2016, a major operation by officers from the General Service Unit (GSU) started this morning at 4.00 a.m., in search of stolen guns and ammunition. The operation caused more harm to the residents of Shivale Estate. The exercise has resulted in atrocities amounting to abuse of human rights, including harassing and use of excessive force against the locals. Sexual harassment of women and young girls also took place ...
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23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to give a statement on police brutality taking place in Mumias West Constituency. Following the raid at Booker Police Post by gangsters yesterday, 23rd November, 2016, a major operation by officers from the General Service Unit (GSU) started this morning at 4.00 a.m., in search of stolen guns and ammunition. The operation caused more harm to the residents of Shivale Estate. The exercise has resulted in atrocities amounting to abuse of human rights, including harassing and use of excessive force against the locals. Sexual harassment of women and young girls also took place ...
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support this amended Report. The issue of the collapse of Mumias Sugar Company has been taken lightly by this House. It is unfortunate that when the Committee wrote this Report, it included all the factories which were not as bad as Mumias Sugar Company. All the same, I want to pick Clause 113, which I agree with. The recommendation is that investigations should be carried out on Mumias Sugar Company, its agents, contractors and senior officers by then plus all the 18 contractors. The Report also says that the Committee also observed that ...
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18 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Also, in the Report they say that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) should be held responsible for the loss of Value Added Tax (VAT) amounting to Kshs577 million for exports which were lost. The KRA was negligent. So, that money should actually be taken to Mumias Sugar Company to be part of the bail out.
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