Prof. Margaret Kamar

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• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: government should receive 15 per cent. However, we do not know the minerals that are associated. Is it possible for a mining company to mine diamond and end up getting gold. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: I believe that if we manage the mining sector well, it can sustain the economy of this country. Poverty can be a thing of the past if we focus on the mining of the natural resources that we have because Northern Kenya and Coast regions are beds of minerals. Let us take interest on the value chain and identify how we can regulate the mining sector, so that local communities can benefit. view
• 3 Dec 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to support this Statement. I urge the Committee to investigate the matter and come up with a response on the issue of royalties. I thank you. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving this opportunity to add my voice to the Statement from Sen. Mwangi, on the price of milk. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our farmers seem to be suffering from all sides. Just the other day, we were debating about the price of maize and its storage. Maize is being harvested and the stores have not yet been opened. We heard that farmers in Trans Nzoia have been protesting that the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has not opened the stores for them, yet here we are on the issue of milk. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, because I come from the farming areas of Uasin Gishu, I know that a good number of farmers shifted from maize planting to dairy farming. The reason for this shift was in the hope that they would be able to make better income out of livestock. It is so sad that a good number of farmers, in fact, decided to harvest their 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: 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