Joseph Nyagah

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 81 to 90 of 447.

• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that free milk to schools is being considered. But I am aware that a decision was made about two years ago and Kshs600 million was set aside by the Treasury to give to the Ministry of State for Special Programmes to set up a strategic reserve. It is important to give the people who suffer view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I want to assure the farmers that they have no reason to worry. The Government is doing all it can to ensure that the New KCC is stable. I want to go a step further, last week the privatization process of New KCC started. We must return the New KCC to the farmers. As long as it remains a parastatal there could be problems. The New KCC became a parastatal in trust from milk farmers. So, it is very important that very soon the Treasury in its privatization programme returns the company to the farmers and not to the general ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is true that New KCC has not been able to take delivery of all the milk produced by dairy farmers within the country. This is because following the recent onset of heavy rains, the country has risen to witness a sudden upsurge in milk production, which has overstretched the handling capacities view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: of all major milk processors, New KCC included. The average daily intake for the months of October, November, and December to January this year by the three main processors, who handle over 90 percent of all processed milk in Kenya, rose from 840,000 litres in October to about 1.4 million litres per day. From this table, it is evident that the problem is bigger than the New KCC. It is an industry problem. It is not possible for me to say how much losses dairy farmers incurred due to the unforeseen failure by processors to take all the milk produced ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have stated before, there are things that we could have done better as the New KCC; there is no question about that. As to whether it was being brought down deliberately so as to be sold at a throwaway price, I am not aware. There have been rumours but I do not go by rumours; those rumours have been everywhere. Even more serious rumours have been there about the New KCC. But I wish to confirm that we have since made adjustments and improvements because we realised that there were problems in the firm’s operations ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm that they are not operating at full capacity. We were operating at an average of 400 to 400,000 litres per day to a period of about three years. When I went round - and my engineers went round independently - we are now able to confirm that by doing small adjustments - installing machinery that had been bought but not connected and by undertaking some small maintenance works in Eldoret, Kitale and elsewhere – we can reach a capacity of 700,000 litres per day in the next three weeks. Therefore, we have not ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is un-African, particularly from where I come from, to pour milk. Milk is given to the poor and school children. So, whereas that news item highlighted the crisis, it was unfortunate for those who organized to do it that way. But the good thing is that it was so dramatic. It caught the attention of the whole country and we all had to take action. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that there were many rumours. But I will not go by them. There were also articles in the Press that implied that, that was done, including by an hon. Member who has just asked that question. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not in a position to confirm that the prices will not slide below Kshs20 because of market forces. All I can confirm is that we are doing our level best. We are trying our best to increase the capacity. Within the industry, there have been a lot of discussions within the Ministries to see how best we can help the farmers, including the recent statement that was made here by His Excellency the President. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is correct! As I went round the country, I found machinery in Kitale which was commissioned from Argentina. It was never connected but it was “officially” commissioned. In Eldoret, I found a machine worth close to US$1 million still in crates. It had not been connected. In Nyahururu, equipment was put there for three months and it was not working until we put pressure and an engineer was sent to South Africa to collect a spare part and within 24 hours, the equipment was working at full capacity. In Kiganjo, there was equipment that had been ... view