Luka Kipkorir Kigen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, first and foremost, I stand to support this Motion. I wish to start by thanking the Mover for coming up with this Motion to persuade the House to look into the affairs of the KFA. The KFA is a household name even today when it is on its knees. It is a body that was started by farmers way back in 1900. The farmers who started this body had a great vision of making farming a business. They started by setting up KFA depots all the way from Mombasa to the western part of Kenya and ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Minister for Agriculture should have come in earlier to address this concern and assist this body to come back to life. We are told that what is required is only Kshs1.3 billion. If you consider how much we spend on buying food, you will realise that this is just a small fraction of the amount of money that we set aside in every financial year for purchase of food. If we put that money into the KFA, this body will come back to life and will help us a lot. With those remarks, I beg ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. I wish to thank my colleague and Dr. Otichilo for this wonderful Motion which is addressing a very important aspect affecting the lives of over 500,000 people. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: I have listened very carefully to the narrations of the Member representing the region affected. It is surprising that such action could take place to the extent that it is now endangering the lives of such large number of Kenyans, without a serious action on the part of the Government. I believe after this Motion is exhaustively discussed and opinions of the leaders of this country are put forward, serious steps will be taken to ensure that this dam is not constructed, until what the Member here is requesting, that is a comprehensive environmental and social impact assessment, is undertaken ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for such a thing to happen at a border level, it should have involved both governments. Both governments should have been privy to the interest and intention of a neighbour such as Ethiopia. Ethiopia should have actually consulted Kenya. It is obvious that with the construction of this dam and diversion of over 90 per cent of the volume of water that feeds this lake, it is evident that this lake will die a natural death. This lake being the sole source of livelihood of all these people, the construction of that dam will affect ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the moment, it is important to note that this country is working on ensuring that there is sufficient water to try and be a driving force in all other agricultural and socio-economic activities. We are now building dams throughout the country. A natural source that is God given is being taken away from our people. We urge the Government to take a firm position and ensure that the Ethiopian Government goes into serious negotiation with them. If the question of power is the real motive of building this dam, let us discuss with them. ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important that the Government takes this matter very seriously and ensures that construction of this dam is halted. This must be done immediately because it will affect our people. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I support. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Would I be in order to ask that the Mover be called upon to reply? view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to start by thanking hon. Langat for this timely Motion which seeks to address the plight of consumers and manufacturers in the short term. If you look at what is happening in our market, for example, in the production of food, you will see that we are unable to farm in the acreage that we used to farm due to the cost of production. The cost of production has been impacted negatively by the cost of fuel. In particular, the cost of diesel is one element which has made it difficult for farmers to ... view