Kipruto Rono Kirwa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 51 to 60 of 168.

• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the AFC lending configuration, specifically for the sugar industry, we have what we call "group lending", where members of various societies or organisations, or groups of farmers, can be lent money regardless of the size of land they own. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Question came to my notice this morning. The Question has not been re-routed to us because it was initially sent to the Office of the President. That is the information available to me. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Tuesday afternoon will be okay with me. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I undertake to do so. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The company has three categories of debtors which are as follows:- Sugar sales, farmers and other debtors. (b) Each debtor owes SONY the following amounts: Sales, Kshs76,391,138.98; farmers cane development, Kshs688,130,378.58; other debtors, Kshs4,426.650.50. (c) The monies are being recovered by the company and most of the debtors are current in their repayment. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I take the advice and I will move in that direction. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wanted to assure him that those papers are still in the pipeline, and I will be able to do the same before the end of the year. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have agreed with my colleague, the Minister for Finance, that all farmers' arrears, be they for coffee, sugar-cane or pyrethrum, are going to be retired in their entirety in the next financial year. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, some of the creditors are actually short-term. But the bottom line is that the policy that obtained before I took over the Ministry was that there were some creditors who were sold sugar and then paid their debts. We stopped that at the end of last year to ensure that all the sugar that is picked is paid for before it is delivered to its destination. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not see the contradiction between what I said and what I have said here. view