Prof. Margaret Kamar

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• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: maize and make silage. If you went to Uasin Gishu now, almost 50 per cent of the farms were converted from grain to silage production. It is no wonder that we are not hearing as much noise about maize; it is because most of it was converted to silage. They have now moved to milk production, and the price of milk goes down by 50 per cent. This is extremely sad; it is one of the saddest moments for our farmers. It is as if they have run from the frying pan into the fire itself. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House, knowing that agriculture is devolved must start looking at the farmer as a client to the Senate. That way, protection of the farmer is not just from those of us who come from the farming communities. It should be an agenda for this Senate to consider these farmers as our main clients. They should not only be looked at as citizens of this country, but as real clients for food security. That is because you cannot talk of food security, if you cannot produce food for your people, particularly if you have the capacity to ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: As I said earlier, if you do not have ugali in this country, you are not secure. Obviously, it is because maize is a grain that can be stored for the whole year. We cannot store most of the other food products; we cannot store potatoes, peas and a lot of other things. Therefore, maize becomes useful for purposes of food security, because it is very easy to store. Therefore, if we do not encourage the farmers to produce, store and make business sense of food production, then it becomes very difficult. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: If milk is facing exactly the same problem that maize was facing, then we really need to start questioning what it is, to be a farmer in this country. I am very happy that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries is here, because we need to start questioning. We have raised a number of questions and the Chair has been trying, as much as possible, to even get the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to come and answer these questions. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we contribute to this Statement, I suggest that as the Committee looks at that issue, the CS should be invited to come and talk to the whole House so that every Member of this House can actually see the problem that those of us who come from the food production zones of this country are facing. We have the farmers who have the capacity to produce both milk and grain for this country for purposes of food security, but now we have a problem. I thank Sen. Githiomi for coming up with this Statement. The Committee ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support this Statement. I look forward to the Committee investigating the issues to properly. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the COP24 Conference that took place in Poland. I thank Sen. (Dr.) Ali for giving us a very detailed Report. I also thank the delegation for representing us well. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: The Report from the COP24 Conference addresses the realities of climate change. We can only doubt climate change at our own peril. Climate change is real. Global warming is also real. Increase in temperatures is having devastating effects. Some of the devastating effects we are facing include the West Pokot landslide. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: At this juncture, I want to remember the people of West Pokot County and those from various parts of the country who have experienced landslides. These people are actually facing the impact of climate change. Climate change in Africa and Kenya, in particular, has resulted in very erratic rainfall and dry seasons. This is to the extent that we are experiencing floods in November, in areas that are normally supposed to be dry. This is a time when people are normally finalizing their harvesting season and we do not expect this kind of rain. view