Joseph Kirui Limo

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Entries 2151 to 2160 of 2163.

• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: farmers. Most of the farmers nowadays really wonder whether there is still profit in this country, because the cost of production for every farmer has really gone up. It is very high, and surprisingly the people who really benefit from farming are no longer the farmers themselves but the middlemen and manufacturers. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: In dairy farming you find that currently the dairy farmer gets around Kshs20 per litre, but people in this country are crying including you, me and everybody else that the price of milk in the supermarkets is very high. The minimum price you can get for a litre of milk in the supermarket is Kshs110, even when other products have been taken from milk; examples of these are cheese, butter and others. These middlemen get Kshs150 to Kshs250 per litre of milk, but the farmer gets only around 10 per cent of that. view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: We have talked about price controls in this country. We are now in a liberalised market, but we have to be realistic. I remember there was a time the price of maize was Kshs400 per bag during harvest time but the Government, in its wisdom, came up with the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to set the minimum price. This is how we can beat competition. This is how we can force manufacturers and middlemen to reward the producers; this country cannot actually prosper if we do not give incentives to the investors. Investors in this case are the ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, one thing which we have seen in this country is a dangerous trend where even our county governments are running from one corner of the world to another looking for investors, but we have forgotten the natural investor in this country, who is the farmer. We have to go back to our roots and actually help our farmers by giving them incentives; the first incentive is coming up with a framework under which we will set a minimum price. We can actually give more power to the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), so that from time to ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: This Motion is really good and we need to support it because the economy of this country can actually be driven from within by ensuring that our farmers are strengthened. The producers have really suffered of late because of the following reasons: One, the cost of production. Basically, the cost of dairy feeds has gone up. I remember many farmers have been moving from one sector to the other. There were farmers who were concentrating on chicken but the feeds went up and they moved to producing wheat. The wheat sector was also hit hard by a lot of rain ... view
• 26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: farmers, the farmers who sell milk to take their children to school. They are really suffering. I urge this House to support this Motion so that our farmers can enjoy the fruits of their hard work. We no longer want to see our farmers suffering. I also want to appeal to our Governors to concentrate on capacity building. They should build the capacity of our farmers, to create infrastructure, to concentrate on building infrastructure on milk producing areas so that the cost of production can really come down. We know that in some of the areas the cost of production ... view
• 25 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to make a few comments on the Finance Bill, 2013. One of the key moves which we have really done on this is the reduction of the percentage which was actually required when you had a dispute with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). That is a very good move. We know that in this country there are many investors who have been shying away because of that previous requirement. We always have disputes in taxation. The requirement that you pay 100 per cent and then you dispute figures has really brought a lot ... view
• 26 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to contribute on this Motion, which talks about pure students who in most cases are unable to get adequate assistance for lack of identification. This is a very important Motion given that we are already doing mapping in our respective constituencies, so that we know where these students are. This view
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• 6 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to contribute to this important Motion. We attach a lot of importance to our roads because they are important for economic development. I appreciate what the Member for Kibra has indicated about considering our priorities and not narrowing them down. The Member who has brought this Motion must have suffered the marginalization which we have had, especially some of us who come from rural constituencies. Some of the constituencies including mine, Kipkelion East, have never seen a road cutting through the villages except for the highway which passes through Kericho Town. For any ... view