Magerer Kiprono Langat

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 91 to 100 of 254.

• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: We have had a surge in the demand for transformers and sometimes we have been unable to fulfil all the requests by Kenyans. Therefore, in this connection, I would like to urge the hon. Members of this House to ensure that they support the Ministry’s budget requests for the next financial year, so that we can get more resources to enable us fulfil the requests of Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, our mandate is to ensure that more Kenyans get connected to electricity all the time and we want to do it like never before. So, I urge the ... view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I am in order. Even looking at the performance of the Ministry of Energy lately, we were rated the second best Ministry in the recent past. We were able to demonstrate that we can serve our people in the manner we have been mandated by the Government. We have been unable to supply transformers to all parts of the country because of inadequate funding of the Ministry. My request was very simple: That, hon. Members support our budget request, so that we can get more funds and be able to connect more citizens ... view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said “immediate” and I stand by my word. I want to assure the hon. Member that we will have the transformers installed and those institutions served with power in not more than two weeks’ time. My officers will be on the ground as soon as tomorrow. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity to support this very important and significant Motion which relates to our farmers. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: First of all, allow me to thank my good friend and brother, the Member for Budalangi, Ababu Namwamba, for thinking well ahead of us and being focused on issues that this country needs to be focused on. view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that the thinking behind the privatisation of KCC in the manner that has been proposed by the Government is totally unacceptable. I come from a county that is leading in production of milk. The way the process is being planned is that, for example, there is exploitation of our farmers in the sense that a litre of milk, as currently being purchased by KCC and other organizations that deal with milk, costs Kshs23 when bought from farmers. As a consumer in this City of Nairobi, I buy half a litre of milk ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I see this as another opportunity to continue oppressing the farmers, who are so loyal to building the economy of this country. In that regard, we would like a situation where the Government takes more time to understand the gymnastics that are here, not merely looking at KCC as an organization that has failed. The Kshs500 million or so that the Government has injected into the KCC, for it to qualify to be a New KCC, is not enough to make the Government a big shareholder in KCC. All we know is that the true worth ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: So, as we support the constitution of the planned committee, as a Member of Parliament coming from that area, we are saying that this would give an opportunity to the farmers to determine exactly what is it that they have contributed towards the building of the New KCC? What is it that they have put in there to make KCC what it is, before even we begin thinking whether that facility should be privatized or not? According to me already, it is owned by Kenyan farmers. How can the Government privatise what is owned by the owners? For this Ministry ... view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that committee should be constituted immediately. It should immediately be allowed to open the old books of accounts. We know that there are thousands of farmers who are owed millions by that institution. Every time we hear that our Government has injected money to other sectors namely, coffee and so on. We have seen billions of shillings being given so that we waive some debts that have been accrued in some of those organizations. Why is it so difficult for the same Government to send money to KCC and allow farmers to own their property? view
• 18 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the same is also happening at the KFA. We do not want to under-estimate the meaning of all that. It looks like there is a targeted approach on some sectors of economy in this country, namely those which deal with farmers, to cripple them so that other people can benefit. We know who they are. There are people who own those organizations which compete with the organizations owned by farmers. Of course, they enjoy Government protection. This is not something that we are going to take lightly. We are saying that KCC must remain with the ... view