Josphat Kabinga Wachira

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 1087.

• 3 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would recommend to the Committee that there is need to sit down and make recommendations to the relevant department to restructure and professionalise it to ensure that they address some of the challenges that are natural in nature such as natural calamities that affect the Fund. We have young men and women as well as PWDs buying things like cows and after some time, they end up dying. That is a natural calamity. It happens all the time. When it happens, we end up asking the people to find other ways of paying their loans. ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to second the appointment of Mary Wanjira Kimonye as the PS, State Department of Public Service. I participated in the vetting of Mary Wanjira Kimonye and I confirm to this House that this is one of the most qualified people that probably we have come across. This is a lady who has been a lecturer, was a CEO for Brand Kenya, has been involved in recruitment of chairpersons of various commissions and been involved in various consultancies in the Government. Therefore, I have no doubt that Mary Wanjira Kimonye will do a lot of good work ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. John Mbadi. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I had asked this Question under Private Notice because of the urgency of the matter. I hope it can be considered. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I would like to ask this Question to the Cabinet Secretary for Lands and Physical Planning: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary state the current ownership of a parcel of land, Land Reference No.Mwea/Mutithi/Strip/1449 that is earmarked for the construction of Wamumu Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) centre in Mwea Constituency and who were the original owners? (ii) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details of those who have illegally acquired the said land? (iii) What urgent steps is the Ministry taking to ensure that KEMRI is given the title deed? view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Again, Hon. Speaker, this is a very urgent matter. We have a presidential directive to have this project commence, but it cannot start because the title deed is still not available. view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me a chance to contribute to this Bill. In my county, tea is grown in the upper part near the mountains. We grow rice and we have observed that tea farmers face similar challenges to ours. We look forward to the success of this Bill which I highly support. This is because, very soon, we hope to have a Rice Board coming to this House. As we look forward to the formation of the Tea Board, we urge that it lives to the tasks ahead and especially on coordination. Looking at the tea industry ... view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The other area that I think needs to be looked into is the weighing machines that are used by various institutions; not just for tea, but other farm produce like maize and rice. Our farmers are exploited out there. Many people buy those products with adulterated weighing machines. I hope I am speaking to the Weights and Measures Department in this country. They need to up their game. They need to move out there. They need to protect our farmers. Our farmers are over-exploited. Some of the institutions that are charged with the responsibility of buying products from our farmers ... view
• 25 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: their own benefit. It is a shame that some of them are actually public institutions. Some of them are co-operatives and yet, they do not find it necessary to protect the interest of the same farmer they are supposed to protect. Quite often than not, you will find a farmer going to some of those institutions with 100 kilogrammes of produce, but he ends up being given 60 kilogrammes. So, this is an area that requires to be really looked into. I also hope that that institution will look at how farmers are handled out there. Quite often than not ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to second the Motion. view