Eng Joseph Gachoki Gitari

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 211 to 220 of 298.

• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: I oblige, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Motion by my learned friend, Dr. Khalwale, except on the issue of twilight girls. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, with the new Constitution we paid--- view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for your direction. But soon we will bring a Motion in this Parliament, so that all of us can be learned friends since we have all gone to school. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I was saying is that I beg to second this Motion by my friend Dr. Khalwale, save where he referred to twilight girls. I do not support him on that. Let me use this podium to remind my friend Dr. Khalwale--- view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if we were in the Government, he would have said that they should not be harassed. That is the only part I am not supporting. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want the Government to use its machinery. I also want to use this opportunity to remind my friend Dr. Khalwale that he owes the people of Kirinyaga Central an apology for coming to support my opponent during the by-election. This Motion needs to be supported by all of us. It is important to urge the Executive arm to know what happens on the ground and understand the feelings of the farmers. We want the Government to support farmers by waiving the loans by farmers. We know that farmers are heavily burdened. We know that they ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have said that some of us like hon. Kareke Mbiuki, the Assistant Minister, come from a place where a lot of tea is grown. It will be a great thing for him to consider this Motion, because we know what is happening from the places that we come from. Farmers are burdened. They cannot afford to pay school fees. So, what are we producing in Kenya? If these farmers are unable to take our brothers and sisters to school, then we expect in another five years to have very many people who are uneducated and ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this has been done previously. Although this Motion is for effecting an amendment, we know that this House in the past has passed that coffee farmers be cushioned, although that was not enough. So, we will not be doing it for the first time. What we are saying is that we can also cushion the tea farmers, so that when they are doing tea farming they can learn from the basics and make the tea sub- sector more productive. It can just be like any other business. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the Government comes in and rescues the farmers this time, then by the end of the first quarter of next year, when the interest rates will be regularised, they will be able to pay. view