Junet Sheikh Nuh

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is the Member in order to say that crops like millet and cassava are insignificant? People feed their families on those crops. Even before he came to Parliament to eat food here, he was eating millet and cassava and sometimes rats. So, is he in order to say those others are insignificant crops? He should withdraw. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute. I stand to support this Bill. The importance of tea cannot be overstated in this country. Having said that, I want to add that this Bill is very important and timely. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Most of the time, you hear some of your colleagues talking about tea, coffee and sugar- cane issues in rallies and burials instead of addressing those matters inside this House through a Bill like this one. Some of them are not here. However, you hear them speaking loudly in burials saying that they must have money for their tea, coffee and sugar-cane. However, when we want to discuss serious matters like tea which affect their constituents and the country, they are absent. I want to tell Kenyans to take note of that. They should not listen to any shenanigan outside ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: He is speaking for himself. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have talked about Members who are not here, but not those who are here. They should not speak for the ones who are not here. They are speaking for themselves. The ones who are here are here to discuss the importance of tea in our country. I must thank them because they are here. However, the ones who talk loudly are not here and they know themselves. I do not want to mention names. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Those are the ones whom I want to be here, so that we can discuss this matter holistically as Members of Parliament. This is a very important matter for this country. We are discussing the price of tea, which is the biggest cash crop that this country has. Some Members are not here and then the following day on Saturday, you will hear them saying that they want tea money in their pockets. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I have my right of contribution. I have not gone off any parliamentary requirement. I have a right to contribute in the form, shape and manner that I wish, so long as I follow the rules of the House. I am saying that to bring to the attention of the Members the importance of this Bill. I have been waiting for it for quite some time. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I am waiting for the one on sugar-cane now. That is the one I will bring. I am waiting for the coffee Bill, so that we can get a rest from these stories all over the country of Members saying that they want their money in their pockets. The money is in Parliament. Kindly come here when we are discussing it. Having said that, the problem that tea is facing in this country is not creation of another board, but it is the KTDA. The cartels that have captured KTDA are the ones which are killing the tea industry in ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I was here in the last Parliament when the Bill on AFA was passed. Many Members opposed it. They said that we should have those parastatals that deal directly with different crops The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view