Lucas Kipkosgei Chepkitony

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, the scientists are still trying to establish what really causes that particular problem. In that event, it would be impossible to answer that question with statistics. But we are very alert and very aware. As you probably know, we have been aware for many other reasons, one of them being that we produce some of our seeds in Uganda. Therefore, we are totally focused on this issue. So far, it has not been detected here and, therefore, it is not possible to tell you how many varieties are resistant to a disease that ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Seconded view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Seconded view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Motion. I want to start by congratulating all Kenyans for the work they did. All of us had to work very hard to get Kenyans to pass the Constitution. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is an amended Motion. view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to use this opportunity to congratulate Kenyans. The reason I have asked for the Floor is that I have heard a lot of remarks from hon. Members, and I feel I need to make some contribution about them. First of all, there is the question of disorder at Uhuru Park during the promulgation ceremony. It did not start on Friday. It is time for the leadership, all of us included, to instil some discipline in ourselves and in the way we deal with each other. I saw the disorder in 2003, during the ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: problem of agriculture last Wednesday. The problems that are there are well known. We are as good as the funds we are given, but the Government is not a buyer. We buy maize for the Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR), which is under the Ministry of State for Special Programmes. We do not trade in wheat or maize. That is what gave rise to people importing maize and wasting money that could have been used to buy maize in this country to feed those who did not harvest. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my view, what we now need to do ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not remember the personal consultations but we shall refer to the HANSARD and know the gist of that Ministerial Statement and issue it on Tuesday next week. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I beg to move:- That the Speaker do now leave the Chair. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you are aware, the overall objective of my Ministry is the attainment of food security and increased income through enhanced food production. Achieving the goal of food security requires substantial financial resources to the agricultural sector as was recognized by the African Heads of State and Government who in their Maputo Declaration of 2003, committed themselves to increasing the agricultural sector budget allocation to at least 10 per cent of their national Budget. Kenya like many other African countries, is committed to achieving this target. However, while in numerical terms the budget of my Ministry has ... view