Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari

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• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is high time we became proactive. We need to take what we deserve and not what other countries think is good for us. It is neither a token nor a favor to engage in trade with other countries. It has to be negotiated so that we get what is good for our country. What we have been doing in the past is that we have allowed ourselves to be given a carrot which is bitter service. We end up signing agreements thinking they have advantages only for them to turn out to have many disadvantages. ... view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me take this opportunity to second this Motion. Miraa is very important in our community. It is very important in the economy of Meru, especially in the counties of Meru, Tharaka/Nithi and Embu. There is a lot of miraa growing in those counties. I would like us to confirm one thing; people with different thoughts about miraa can look at me. I have been chewing miraa for more than 30 years. You can see I am okay. At least, if one is in doubt, he can try--- I have chewed miraa for ... view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are other crops whose effects are known scientifically, but they are sold all over the world; an example is tobacco and the other products. Miraa is not like beer; it is not something that can even lead to addiction. But, as with any other products, if you take too much of it, you may have a problem. But view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: , as a crop, is just a stimulant; it stimulates you. If you want concentration--- Even the Chair can try it. If you want a bit of stimulation--- Maybe you want to concentrate on a serious assignment, you take a bit of miraa . view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Sir. So, I am saying that miraa is a crop and there are so many people who are employed in the miraa industry. There are so many people whose livelihood depends on miraa . We need a serious committee so that it can remove the myth, then we work on the facts and put miraa in the right place. For many years, view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: has been condemned, yet the Government benefits from it. Exports of miraa bring in foreign exchange of more than Kshs4 billion. The money that comes to this Republic from the sale of miraa --- Even airlines also get money from miraa . As I said, the problem with miraa is that it has been condemned, because nobody ever took interest in it. This is why we are asking this House to pass this Motion. We want to have the proposed committee and then the Government can be advised appropriately. We can carry out research; in the past it has been ... view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: and exported to various parts of the world. In that country the products are scientifically and hygienically packaged and marketed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we never put money into this crop in this country. Even people from NACADA who condemn miraa are yet to get studies carried out by other people to know what was found in miraa. Even if they found out information to support their claim, we need to know who funded the research. Sometimes, you can use research to justify even what is not correct; at times we say that whoever pays the piper calls the ... view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: is the mainstay of people, especially in the greater region of Meru north; it is cultivated by a big segment of the Meru population. So, condemning miraa is like condemning a population of more than two million people, who depend on this crop for their livelihood. This is the reason why we are asking hon. Members of this House to view
• 4 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead this House that Great Britain has banned miraa because of the analysis they have done on it? He needs to read the facts! They are associating miraa with other factors not related to the--- This Motion is proper. So, he should get his facts right. view
• 3 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this Motion because as a country many times we are just in a reactive mood. Every time we wait for disasters to happen and that is when we move up and down. However, some of these disasters are almost predictable and something can be done about them; at any particular moment we have floods as we have had them this year. At the moment, we have drought and it comes year in, year out, as if we are not aware that it will happen. If we have this authority and we have people ... view