Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this very important Speech by the President. I wish from the outset to thank him for having presented a very well-balanced Speech which was able to cover most of the issues that are actually affecting the country today. Before I go to the substantive issues, I also wish to take this opportunity to identify with Kenyans who lost their loved ones during the Hells Gate tragedy where young people who had gone on a picnic at the Hells Gate National Park lost their lives but unfortunately, we have ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: I will talk of prioritizing the Bills and I hope this Parliament will find it fit to bring the Bill that will bring to life Chapter Six that we have already talked about. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is also the issue of agriculture. Every year we have been talking of famine. I remember in 2008, 2009, 2011 and I bet even this year, despite the heavy rains, we are bound to do that. We have heard very flowery language from those who are concerned about food self sufficiency, looking for alternative crops and not depending on rains. The gap ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am glad that you realize that, that is not a point of order! What I have said and I stand by it, is that my Ministry is guided by a principled approach in terms of resource allocation. view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the hon. Member wanted to assert that money has been removed from their area and taken to another area. I think I had the opportunity to correct that. Quickly allow me to mention some challenges that continue to affect us. The first one is the issue of interest rates. The middle class in this country is suffering. I know there was an attempt to address this issue, but under circumstances that are not yet clear up to now that was withdrawn. In the next few coming months, we are trying to say that people who have ... view
• 25 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Mover of this Motion, hon. Namwamba, for, indeed, being able to bring to the attention of the nation this matter, which is long overdue. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think from the outset, I wish to state that my understanding of this Motion is that we are really not just talking about shares. We are talking about the value chain, and to what extent the farmer owns the commodity that he sells until it gets to the market. The price that the farmer gets when he delivers one litre of milk is about Kshs24. The milk is processed, for example in Nakuru, after delivery, it is processed and within five hours, it is brought to the supermarket there. One litre will go for Kshs70. ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the sane can be said of all the other commodities that we are selling in this country. What will surprise many is that when you go to any rural community in Kenya and you are told the team of farmers that you are going to talk to, or you are shown the people who produce the milk, the fish and everything, you will see that those people do not even have clothes that reflect the work that they do. If you look at the food they eat, in fact, some of the best paying crops including, ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one thing that has really characterized nations that have been able to have food security is that they value their farmers. If you look at developed countries like the USA, Britain or any of the other countries, they subsidize their farmers. But here, if you want to look at the people you would want to call the wretched of the earth, then you will be looking at the farmers. Therefore, we need to do everything to ensure that we add value to the farmers. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: More than just privatizing this, we need to add capacity to the co-operative societies. What has been seen in most of the countries where the dairy sector is thriving, including India, which has the biggest dairy company called “Amul”, is that best run dairies must also have capacity so that the farmers, once they are given the organization, can steer it well and produce better value added products. What we know is that most of our farmers just take the milk to the market, yet we know that you get your money from the value added products. If you look ... view