Kipruto Rono Kirwa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 168.

• 6 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Thank you for this opportunity to give the response on behalf of the Government. At the outset, I agree with the spirit of the debate and the Bill subject to certain proposals that I will make in the course of time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that the cotton industry has declined over the period occasioned by a number of factors that militated against the production and marketing of the June 6, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1137 produce. Principal among them is the liberalisation of the sector where price controls were removed ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The list of registered companies currently licensed to import to sugar is appended herewith as Annex One. There are 63 companies that are registered to import raw mill sugar, and 33 companies that are registered as importers of white refined sugar. (b) The amount of sugar imported from January, 2006 to March, 2006, is 45,000 metric tonnes, as per Appendix Two that I will lay before the House. (c) The following measures have been taken to safeguard the local sugar industry:- (i) The COMESA safeguard measures allowing only 200,000 metric tonnes ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the said complaints have not been officially lodged. If they are lodged properly, we shall be able to respond. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the outset, I want to erase the erroneous impression that the sugar industry in Kenya is going to collapse next year, or the year after. For the last three years, we have been more competitive than ever before. The net effect of that is that this year, instead of 200,000 metric tonnes of sugar getting into Kenya, there is a threat that our sugar is getting cheaper. The net outflow is going to be exportation of the said commodity. Nonetheless, we have a number of challenges in the industry. One is the need for us ... view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fact of the matter is that Egypt produces more sugar than us. The odd situation is that Egypt also consumes slightly more sugar than us and, therefore, the net effect is that we import the balance of the sugar. Under the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), rules, if I am importing sugar and exporting as much as I produce, then there is no contradiction whatsoever. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the House may be aware, I gave an indication last week that through the Sessional Paper that we are about to lay before the House in due course, we have looked at a number of measures to revitalise the sugar subsector. One of these measures is to clean the balance sheets of all the ailing institutions in the sugar industry and in the process allow for the expansion of factories such as SONY and setting up of new factories when the applications come. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have taken care of that in two ways. One, the importation is done between the months of March and September, a period which logistically does not allow for ease of movement of sugar-cane from the fields to the factories. Two, under the gazetted rules for the imports of last year, we have ensured that there is some staggering effect between the months of March and September. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that AFC advanced seasonal and development credit to farmers in Loitokitok and other parts of the country. (b) I am also aware that AFC has written demand letters and reminders to farmers who have defaulted in payments. (c) I will consider giving farmers a grace period when they present their cases to my Ministry. Each case will be considered on its own merit. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the old loans, we have given a general policy directive that we are giving concessions to all farmers. When it comes to the cases of those clients who might have passed on, we shall be able to consider that issue on merit. view
• 27 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me not give a blanket commitment but I commit 766 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 27, 2006 myself before the House to look at areas where the drought affected farmers and discuss with other arms of the Government with a view to ameliorating the situation. view