Kiema Kilonzo

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• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. As a matter of fact, I do not want to be seen to interfere with what the Assistant Minister has said. However, you have heard him say that he was with the Chairman and not with the Committee. My point of order was that the Bill has not come to the Committee. Is the Assistant Minister in order to assume that what he discussed with the Chairman in South Coast is the position or the input of the Committee? view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While the discussion seems to be between the Ministry and the Questioner, there is a point which is coming out very clearly here and this is the office of the Clerk. It is not the first time. The Speaker, the other day, issued a ruling on issues of Questions being delayed. Now here is another case of a Question which has been directed and does not seem to have reached the Ministry. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) whether she is aware that many beneficiaries of loans from the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) in Lower Eastern region are unable to repay their loans due to the severe drought experienced in 2009 and loss of maize crop harvested during the season to afflatoxin due to poor post harvest management; and, (b) whether she could consider waiving the loans. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Assistant Minister for the assurance he has just given through his answer. In 2009, farmers in the Lower Eastern region experienced a bumper harvest. However, due to afflatoxin infection arising from poor ways of drying the harvest, all that produce went to waste. This is not the first time for farmers’ loans to be waived in this country. The AFC has previously done it for farmers in the Central and Rift Valley Provinces. A small number of farmers in the Lower Eastern region are saying that they have suffered, and ... view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the Assistant Minister to mislead this House? During this Parliamentary Session, the former Minister for Agriculture, hon. William Ruto, stood on the Floor of this House and waived AFC loans for farmers who had been affected by drought in the Rift Valley. Where was the Assistant Minister then? Would he not do the same for these farmers who have brought their cases forward? The waivers for the farmers in the Rift Valley Province did not go through the three stages that the Assistant Minister has ably ... view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank this Assistant Minister for the goodwill that he has shown from the outset. Members of Parliament come here - and that is what I want the Assistant Minister to know - because they have exhausted the other channels and we have realized we are not moving far. These farmers have been to the AFC and the AFC is threatening to auction and attach their property. Could the Assistant Minister give an undertaking that as I take the names to him to assist, the AFC will not take any punitive measures against those ... view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. What I am trying to tell the Assistant Minister is that the farmers have been to the AFC which has actually threatened to recover these loans by attaching their property. That is why they have come to me and I have come to ask this Question to appeal to the Assistant Minister just to give that undertaking. I would like him to give me an assurance that if I go to his office, he will help because he has said he can do that. view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is rather unfortunate that the Government is always caught napping on issues which are touching on Kenyans. These speech therapists charge Kshs4,000 per hour and yet a child is supposed to have 12 hours of therapy in a week. Looking at the big hospitals in Kenya like KNH and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, what is the Government doing to ensure that it advertises and subsidizes this service for the Kenyan children who are really suffering? view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 10 May 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not the first time that this Ministry has gone to advertise roads or bridges, put money aside and then after the advertisement they transfer the same amounts to different projects. In Kitui, a similar project, Nzeu Bridge, was advertised and two years later that bridge has not been done. Is it in order for the Assistant Minister to keep asking for time yet we know this is not a Government procedure? Would I be in order to request that the Assistant Minister comes to this House and gives us a tabulation ... view