Ledama Olekina

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: There is no way that people will know you are growing this product, which now there is a Bill to promote its production, if you do not let the county government know that you are also growing it. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: The only part that I would like to request my colleague to change is Part 3, Clause 9 (1) on regulations. It says- “(1) A person shall not market, process or carry out large scale trading of mung bean or mung bean products unless the person has obtained a license from the relevant County Executive Committee Member.” view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: I beseech my colleague to change the aspect of marketing because marketing is what helps. If after producing, one is now reduced to registering with a county government, and one fails to register is penalized heavily just because of marketing is not encouraging production. I agree with him that because of safety and international standards as well, if you intend to add value or process the commodity, you ought to register, so that you can be given support by entities such as Kenya Plant Health Inspection Services (KEPHIS), which does a lot of research in production. They will be able ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: There are other issues that I hope my colleague can also include in this Bill to talk about either Organic or Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO). There are countries that promote GMO and those that do not. In this country, I think we are slowly getting into acceptance of GMO. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Those are some of the areas that this regulatory body should be looking at. They should for example look at the kind of seeds being brought into the country. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, various colleagues talked about the challenges we have in this country when it comes to production or food security. It extends entirely not only on human, but also animal consumption. Yesterday, I was looking for animal feeds to be able to feed my domestic animals and could not get them in Kenya. So, I had to import them from Uganda. Due to the recent election in Uganda, they were quite expensive. Therefore, I am also now exploring. If Uganda is able to get into our market to sell soya beans, cotton and sunflower, then we also ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: This is why I keep on insisting that land use policy must by enhanced in this country. In areas where you know you have big tracts of land, given that agriculture is devolved the county government, they should continue encouraging or creating a very good environment for local farmers to venture into these products. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: People talk about regulations when it comes to cash crops. Maybe Sen. Wambua is being futuristic and looking at this product not only being consumed in Kenya, but being sold out of the country in large volumes for it help improve the standard of living for the people of Kenya, particularly those in semi-arid areas. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: I do not want to belabor the point because most of my colleagues have elaborated on some of the points I had. I want to re-emphasize on the importance of these extension workers. County governments should put a lot of emphasis on this registration aspect. They should map out the areas that can grow this product and put in extension officers there and carry out this public awareness; that if one grows mung beans in a certain area, there are three or four extension workers and one will get to know them in person. The electronic version of the Senate ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: I would like to suggest that those extension officers should also be registered with KEPHIS, so that they are up to date with the level of technology that is being used to enhance production. view