Josphat Kabinga Wachira

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• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Currently, MRGM is holding rice worth Kshs200 million from over 1,400 farmers who are yet to be paid because the KNTC is yet to collect paddy rice from MRGM. The MRGM is unable to dispose of the rice as the current price of paddy rice is Kshs70 per kilogramme, whereas farmers delivered their rice with an expectation of receiving Kshs85 per kilogramme as per the Presidential Directive. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: The harvesting for 2020/2021 season is expected to begin in mid-next month. If the paddy rice in the MRGM stores is not disposed of, there is likely to be a rice marketing and storage crisis The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: in the Scheme. This could also lead to a drastic reduction in paddy rice prices that could affect the farmers negatively. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives on the following: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the plans the Ministry has put in place to ensure smooth and sustainable implementation of the Presidential Directive of 1st February 2020 on the Government buying paddy rice directly from farmers at the price of Kshs85 per kilogramme? (ii) Has the same Presidential Directive of February 2020 on the establishment of paddy rice revolving fund to facilitate the Government in buying paddy rice from farmers being implemented? (iii) When ... view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. I want to congratulate Hon. Gathiru, who presented the Bill to our Committee, and we went through it thoroughly. I support the Bill because we must have a future for our generations. At a time when jobs are scarce, we must respect the retirement age. As we do so, I want to urge the Government to mentor the youth because there are those who are working in various Government departments, but they are not mentored and when they are supposed to take up those ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am a Member of that Committee and I thank the Hon. Member for raising up this very important issue. It is true that out there, most of the members of the public do not know where to turn to, in case of emergencies. It is only at that time that they realised that they needed to have some of these numbers somewhere within their reach. So, we will take it very seriously and attend to the prayers of the Embakasi people. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker. I am sure we will have sat within two weeks and considered the Petition. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Yes. It is actually worse at county level. It just appeared to me that recently we had fire in my town Ngurubani and it took so long to get to the contacts of the fire brigade and ask them to come. So, it is a very serious issue. I have been told to give it one month so that we give it the seriousness that it deserves. Thank you. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives: - (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain and provide details on the recent invasion of farms in Mwea Irrigation Scheme by a strange variety of snails? (ii) Has the Ministry undertaken measures to assess the extent of damage caused by the snails on crops and human beings in terms of loss of crops and produce as well as health risks to the residents? (iii) What steps has the Ministry taken to eradicate or control the invasion of the strange variety ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Committee is not sitting, but we have a team that has been actively involved in the visiting of various police stations to ensure that we improve services in that direction. On this particular one, we will be checking on that particular Question. But I also want to let the House know that we have Members who give us Questions and on the response day, they do not turn up. The Standing Orders provide that if a Member does not turn up, the Question is dropped. Last week, we had so many Questions that fell under that category. ... view