Josphat Kabinga Wachira

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Entries 941 to 950 of 1087.

• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to ask the Agriculture and Livestock the following Question: Could the Cabinet Secretary: (i) Explain why there has always been delays by the Ministry in delivering appropriate subsidised fertiliser to Mwea Irrigation Scheme through the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots, which results in exploitation of farmers by traders who sell fertilisers at exorbitant prices. (ii) Give the measures the Ministry is undertaking to ensure that appropriate subsidised fertiliser is made available at the depots at the right time. view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock the following Question: What actions is the Ministry taking to ensure that invasion by the Quelea birds in Mwea Irrigation Scheme is contained and monitored to avoid the recurring destruction of rice in the farms before harvesting? view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to support this particular Motion. This looks like a lesser problem to many of the constituencies, but it is a great problem to the densely populated constituencies. We have many existing secondary and primary schools sitting on land that cannot be expanded any more. This is mainly as a result of historical poor planning, land grabbing and lack of vision on the part of planners in the past. Some of the schools are also in small portions of land because by the time of their establishment, there was simply no ... view
• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Kangu and Kandongu primary schools, Kangure Secondary School and many others, that I am struggling to get land for. If I were to put my NG-CDF to the need for land for the schools, then I would not do anything else. It is for this reason that I support the Motion. We need to put some mechanism in place so that we can identify all the needs out there, document them and present them to the Government so that land can be acquired. There are many ways of acquiring land. It is high time we also looked at land that ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I come from a constituency that would greatly benefit from this Bill. This Bill has the potential to address some of the challenges that our farmers have been experiencing when it comes to selling their produce in haste. Through this Bill, farmers will have an opportunity to store their produce and sell when prices stabilise or when the need arises. Farmers will also be able to store their produce, walk into banks and negotiate for some facilities to enable them wait until ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I support this Bill hoping that a number of things will be done. We hope that there will be a clear and deliberate way of educating our small- scale farmers in the warehouses, so that they can take advantage of them. We should not create another layer of brokers who would benefit from such warehouses, who would be buying rice and other produce from farmers and quickly take them to warehouses and then rush to banks to get money to trade. I am hoping that some measures will be put in place to ensure that we create awareness and properly ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: asked to pay, they cannot. These are areas that we must be very keen to look into. The issue of comingling the same type produce is a good one but, again, it has to be handled with care. Otherwise, we are going to compromise on the quality of produce that has been delivered by farmers. If these issues are properly taken care of, we will see a clear improvement on farmers’ economic welfare. The situation out there is pathetic. For the record of the House, for example, we are just about to harvest rice. The prices will go as low ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Petition by my colleague from Moyale. Moyale is a border town and as such, it is the face of Kenya in that area. The town emerges from historical conflicts that have affected the residents of Moyale. The town going without power would only take us back to the time when it was restless. Over time, the Kenyan side of Moyale has been compared to the Ethiopian side of Moyale. In a number of towns, you find the economy doing well on the Ethiopian side because of infrastructure and electricity. Due to ... view
• 9 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We need to move in and ensure that there is enough power in this town. I support the Petition. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also take this opportunity to congratulate Serah Kioko. I was not here 20 years ago, but hope to be here for 20 more years. What we have heard about Serah is enough to tell us that we are in safe hands. view