Dr. Julius Kipyegon Kones

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The tea sector is categorised into two subsectors; that is, the large scale production and the small-holder production. Our main concern is the small-holder production which constitutes about 60 per cent to 70 per cent of the total production in the country. Of late, you may have realised that some of the farmers are uprooting the tea crop. This has been occasioned by a number of reasons. The small-holder tea production is characterised by poor production as compared to the large scale production. Actually, it is estimated that on average, small-scale tea producers produce 40 per cent less than the ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Small-holder producers are mainly managed by the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA). This agency was incorporated in 2001 after being converted from the State corporation; Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA). Having looked at the returns that go to the farmer since the agency was introduced, it calls for a lot that this House institutes some radical measures if we are to continue producing this crop as a commercial crop. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the year 2000, tea constituted about 29 per cent to 30 per cent of agricultural Gross Domestic Products. However, as of today, it contributes slightly less than 20 per cent. A question we may want to ask ourselves is: What went wrong since the year 2000 when the agency was created? Has the agency addressed the issues it was meant to address after the State corporation, KTDA, was converted into an agency, KTDA? It seems that it has not. Our economy has also changed. You know that we moved, in the 1990s, from a controlled ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Let me now turn to the very specific challenges which the tea sector faces at the moment. Returns that go to the farmer have continued to decline over the past years. When I was a student in high school, my father was paid Kshs22 for a kilo of tea. Today, the price per kilo of tea is Kshs20. Despite inflation and what has happened, the returns have either remained stagnant or reduced in the general sense. On a monthly basis, a farmer is, on average, paid about Kshs10.50 per kilo of green tea. Out of this, Kshs5 or Kshs6 goes ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank my colleagues for supporting this Motion. I wish to inform them that I have taken, into consideration, all the issues they have raised here. Knowing that the Motion is going to be passed, I will move with speed to bring the necessary amendments. I will take into consideration what hon. Yinda has just said. I know the sensitivity of this matter. We will be very conscious in the way we undertake the amendments. We will consult the stakeholders as much as possible. We will move around the country as much ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology what steps he has put in place to ensure that the quality of education is not compromised through the parallel degree programmes in public universities. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Assistant Minister for that answer. However, I would like to know whether the Ministry has got a clear criteria on approving the necessary physical infrastructures which are required for putting up a campus or a satellite of a university. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, does the Ministry have a clear criteria for approving setting up of satellite campuses as opposed to a situation where every other building has a room for a college or a university? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that parallel degree students also benefit from the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), is there still need to categorise students as parallel and regular? view