Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support the Bill on coffee by Sen. Ndwiga. I would like to start by congratulating Sen. Ndwiga for both being the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries where I once served and now he is presenting the Bill on the Floor of this House in plea for the Members to vote for it. This is to improve the lives of Kenyans who belong to the agriculture sector. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: To start with, over 70 per cent of the rural households depend on agriculture in Kenya and even globally where agriculture is practiced. Coffee is not left behind because it is part of the agricultural crops that contribute to the growth of the economy both in Kenya and for those countries that are doing agriculture. It is with this in mind that we really need to appreciate this Bill and up the game when it comes to agricultural crops that we value that grows the economy of this country. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in the 1980s, we used to see the crop of coffee being a giant. Especially the shareholders of this country’s economy came from the view
• 21 Jul 2021 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
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: agricultural sector where coffee was part of the value. Right now the crops are being killed one by one. We need to assess and know or retrace where the country went wrong. Where did the systems start failing to fail agricultural commodities that we value in Kenya? view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Agriculture is devolved. Somebody somewhere in Kenya still lives in daydreaming that agriculture belongs to the national government. This contributes a lot to the killing of this particular crops we are talking about. The other day we were making noise and we are still even making noise in Western part of Kenya and all those regions that grow sugar. Why are making this noise? It is because somebody somewhere is trying to mislead the world by crapping all that is meant for farmers to make it a national function. We need to leave it aside. We need to leave it ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries needs to realize. I want to state clearly that they need to realize that it is upon the farmers to uphold and enjoy the benefits that they have invested in and not to be controlled by any sector somewhere. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: We have mentioned in the Bill about the boards. We want the boards that are mentioned here to be revamped to look deep into the issues of the coffee farmers. The same way it happened with sugar, cotton and others, we do not want it to happen again. When we are realizing the mistakes that we have done, it is there that we start finding our way back. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Farmers in Kenya need to be protected just as my fellow colleagues have said. It is from these Bills that farmers will be protected because we shall have reference points that are documented. We shall always be referring to a document that is undersigned and passed by the representatives of Kenyans. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, people tend to ignore a lot of things that are very obvious. One of the things they tend to ignore is agriculture. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we want to tell the people of Kenya that we are here to protect them and make policies and Bills like the one Sen. Dullo has presented so that they know that their interests are valued. Not only are they valued but we do not want to leave these interests on a written document. We want them implemented. We want the concerned parties to implement what we document and pass ... view