Josphat Kabinga Wachira

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• 24 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: I do not mind to be linked but I will wait for the linkage. view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Yes, I have a burning issue. On 15th of October, I received a response from the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives on a request for a statement that I had directed to them on the looming crisis on the rice industry in Mwea. During that time, the discussion ended with the Chair saying that the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will buy rice from Mwea. Hon. Speaker, the looming crisis that I talked about then is now with us. Our societies are full with rice. They do not have money to ... view
• 19 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for that directive. This is a very serious case. Our farmers do not know where to take the rice that they have in the fields. Some brokers have started taking advantage of the same. The President issued a directive for rice to be cost at Kshs85 per kilogramme of paddy, but it is now going for Kshs50. If we allow it to move that way, we are going to have a total crisis. Therefore, I beg that the NCPB, because it took over from the Strategic Food Reserve Fund to be invited early next week to ... view
• 17 Nov 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I want to join my colleagues, on behalf of myself and my family, to pass a message of condolence to the family of the late Murunga. The late Justus Murunga and I used to call each other “brother” because they say we looked alike and because we did not understand the relationship of central and western, we decided to keep it at that. Other than that, I know the late as a very determined person in whatever he did. I was particularly impressed by the way he kept his time in the gym. Every morning at ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill for the establishment of a National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Whenever we have disasters in this country, it is always a haphazard approach to resolving issues because there is no authority that coordinates such disasters especially when we have resources distributed between the national Government and the county governments. When we have these disasters, the coordination part of it is never there yet we know there are some natural disasters that we experience year by year. Like now, we are heading to the rains. I know we shall be having disasters. ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I agree with the Report presented by the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives. However, there are some facts on the ground that we need to look at. Some Kshs200 million worth of rice is lying in Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Co- operative Society stores and they have no capacity to take any more from farmers. Those stocks are deliveries by farmers who have not been paid. As I have always said, the returns to the farmers are so low that, if they are not paid for what they deliver, they really ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Mwea have no title deeds. Therefore, they cannot go to banks to get finances. They rely on the two co-operative societies. If the two co-operative societies close down, the whole industry of rice farming in Mwea, which is the largest scheme in this country, will be affected. I know there are people who will be very happy with such a development because it will create an avenue for importing cheap and substandard rice into the country. I thank the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. They have put in a lot of ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in conclusion, I request that the Government injects more money into the initiative so as to buy the rice that is in stock in Mwea. It can be held there but paid. We are lucky because even if you kept paddy rice for five years, it will not go bad. You can preserve rice in paddy form before you mill it. So, if the Government can avail some funds, pay for that stock that is in Mwea so that farmers can be paid and then work out on storage in December, that problem can be temporarily sorted out. ... view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives regarding the purchase of paddy rice that is grown in Mwea Irrigation Scheme by the Government. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the President visited Mwea on 1st February 2020 where he issued a directive for the Government to buy paddy rice from farmers through the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) at Kshs85 per kilogramme. Subsequently, the KNTC identified the Mwea Rice Growers Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society (MRGM) as a principal entity to collect rice from the farmers. view