Linah Jebii Kilimo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 291.

• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the Coffee Farmers Co-operative Societies and Rural Savings and Credit Co-operatives have been experiencing challenges when dealing with some of their loanees who are unable to service loans. (b) My Ministry and the Treasury are working on modalities of implementing the Presidential directive. (c) The Government will continue to support the coffee sector so that all farmers can benefit in order to avoid future debt problems. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are not in a position to answer for the case of 2007 because there was no waiver of Kshs10 billion during that year. However, in 2006, the Government gave a waiver of Kshs5.8 billion and this was as follows:- The Co- operative Bank of Kenya was given Kshs0.6 billion while Kshs5.2 billion was paid to the World Bank which had given loans to co-operative societies through the Treasury. So, the Kshs5.8 billion did not go to the co-operative societies, but to the loaners; that is, Co- operative Bank and World Bank through the Treasury. view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start from the unknown to the known. The unknown is the time-frame within which the coffee farmers will be paid. We know that our Ministry and the Treasury are still negotiating at the Cabinet level. The matter will be brought before this House. I count on hon. Members to approve that expenditure from the Treasury which will be tabled by hon. Uhuru Kenyatta. As to when it will be brought before the House, I am not aware. However, we are anticipating about Kshs4.2 billion will be brought to this House for approval. ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are aware that the Government, through privatization, will be giving Kshs33 billion to write off sugar-cane farmers’ loans or to bail out the sugar-cane farmers amongst the western communities of this country, that is the Luhya and the Luo communities. We are also aware that the Government has also bailed out pyrethrum farmers. As for maize farmers, the Government has also subsidized fertilizer. In all this, it will be subject to this House’s approval when it is brought on the Floor of the House. Like, for example, for the Kenya Co-operative Creameries ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please, protect me because there is a lot of consultation. I cannot even hear myself talking! view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot even hear! Please, protect me! view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope you can protect me once more so that the hon. Member can hear my answer, because I have already answered that question and I will repeat my answer. The Kshs5.8 billion was loaned to coffee co-operative societies by the World Bank and Co-operative Bank. The World Bank gave this money to the SACCOs through the Treasury. Now, that has already been paid. Those who are going to pick whatever they are going to pick in people’s houses or homesteads, these co-operative societies must have taken loans from somewhere else and not the ones that ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to put the record straight. He is asking how the Kshs5.8 billion was spent. Now, there is the Kshs4.2 billion which we are expecting will be brought to this House by the Minister for Finance. At that point, if I may give an insight, out of the Kshs4.2 billion, there will be about Kshs2.2 billion which will be used for co-operative unions write off. So, the hon. Member should tell the members that the Government is working on those modalities. The way we are working at the modalities right now is that the chief ... view
• 15 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a tall order for me because it is up to the Minister for Finance and the Cabinet to decide when it shall be brought to the House. All that I know is that the Ministry of Co-operative Development and Marketing and the Ministry of Finance intend to bring that request to this House for approval. Maybe I should ask another person who is more senior than me, like the Leader of Government Business, to help me on this point. view
• 14 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is unfortunate that I have not been given instructions on the Question. I did not stand up to answer when you called out the Question because I thought that my Minister was here. I did not get any instructions from my Minister, as his Assistant Minister. view