James Kembi Gitura

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologise, if by any chance, I gave the impression that I was casting aspersions on the Chair. I was just putting across the point that we have been queuing here patiently. I was not, in any way, trying to cast an aspersion on the Chair. view
• 29 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make my comments in support of the Presidential Address that was delivered to this House on 20th March, 2007. It is an Address that has elicited a lot of interest from hon. Members, as you have noticed, and it is because it contains several issues that need to be discussed for the benefit of this nation. A lot has been said about the constitutional review process. That is an area I would like to dwell on for a few minutes. We went to the Bomas of Kenya ... view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member to mislead the House about our policy in the AU and about the commissioners being appointed, when we have not even reached the point of vetting for the commissioners who are retiring in July? He says that a name of a person from a particular region has been nominated, could he name that person because that is misleading the House? view
• 27 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am the Assistant Minister in charge of African Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so I think I know what is going on. When he says that he is not substantiating the obvious and yet he is misleading the House about an appointment which is not existent and it is not going to be existent until the vetting has been done between now and July, that is misleading the House. That is trying to put the Government or the Ministry in bad faith, which is not correct. Could he substantiate? view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in answer to Question No.056, I was directed to lay on the Table of the House a list of all technical staff in the Ministry of Agriculture in the whole country. Last week, I was not able to lay the document because it had been done by provinces and I thought it was imperative that it be done by divisions, so that it becomes more relevant to the hon. Members. I have with me a complete list of all technical staff in the Ministry of Agriculture, listed division by division, which I think is going to ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) To improve agricultural production and food security in Bura Constituency, the Ministry is undertaking the following activities, amongst others. We have enhanced extension services by staff deployment. Six more technical staff members have been posted to the area. We are improving transport facilitation by donating to the area two motor cycles and strengthening agricultural machinery services (AMS) in Garsen Station. There is promotion of local indigenous crops through multiplication of orphan crops seeds such as sorghum, millet, cow peas, beans, green grams and cassava, which do well in the region. We ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that the hon. Member has asked about policy in Bura Constituency specifically to deal with the food insecurity. Yesterday, I answered a similar Question from Prof Mango. I mentioned that there are very many areas of policy that the Government is considering in order to improve food security in this country. May be the hon. Member, and all other hon. Members, need to look at the Strategy for Revitalisation of Agriculture, which is a policy Paper by the Ministry of Agriculture, which sets out the policy that the Government is implementing generally in the ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate that question, because it is seeking information to the hon. Member and this House in general. It is common knowledge, and hon. Wario knows it, that the Ministry visited Bura Irrigation Scheme in August in the presence of His Excellency the President and a large delegation. During this visit specific areas of implementation and revitalisation of Bura Irrigation Scheme were discussed. The hon. Member knows that, and this is again in the public domain, the Government of Kenya, through my Ministry and that of Water and Irrigation, is spending substantial sums of money this ... view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the Financial Year 2003/2004 which falls in the three years that the hon. Member has talked about, Kshs4,372,908 was used in areas of agricultural extension and irrigation in Bura Irrigation Scheme. In the year 2004/2005, Kshs8,745,090 was again used for extension and irrigation at Bura Irrigation Scheme. In 2005/2006, Kshs508,712 was used on extension services and in the current year, 2006/2007, a total of Kshs822,904 was again used for extension services thus giving a total of Kshs14,479,614. view
• 1 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Butula constituents have suffered from food insecurity as a result of the recent prolonged drought that affected most parts of the country. (b) The Ministry has undertaken the following activities to increase food production and to ensure food security in Butula Constituency. (i) Enhanced extension services to farmers in the area through staff deployment and provision of necessary logistics. Four more officers have been deployed to Butula Constituency and provided with one more motorcycle. (ii) Revitalization of cotton industry in collaboration with the Nambale ginnery. (iii) Promotion of groundnuts farming to ... view