Methu John Muhia

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 581 to 590 of 921.

• 22 Jun 2023 in Senate: THAT, the IDPs were vetted and profiled to be genuine and were to benefit from the money that the Parliament of Kenya appropriated and budgeted for compensation which they have not received to date. THAT the Petitioners have made efforts to have the matters addressed by the Nyandarua County Assembly, the Laikipia County Assembly, the National Land Commission, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration, the National Consultative Coordination Committee (NCCC) of which all have failed to give satisfactory responses. Mr. Speaker, Sir, now therefore, the Petitioners pray that the Senate ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, mine is a related question. It was included by the Senator for Samburu County because we currently share Nyahururu Land Registry. I want to know when the land registry in Ol Kalou will be operational now that the buildings there are complete and we had an indication that the registry will be operational by February. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this particular Bill on the formulation of the agricultural extension officers’ services. I do not want to repeat what most of my colleagues have spoken about. In Kenya, we always overstress the reliance of our economy on agriculture. Thirty three (33) per cent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a contribution from agriculture. We must be deliberate in ensuring that we advance our agriculture to improve on crop and livestock production. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: Statistics have not been fair. My colleagues have said that agriculture is a devolved function. However, statistics are not very forgiving to the change of times since we got the devolved system of Government. It is a sad state of affairs that in 2006, before devolution, Kenya produced 33.6 million bags of maize. Many years later, in 2022 - 16 years later - Kenya produced 34.3 million bags of maize over the same time. It begs the question; how and why should crop production reduce after 16 years? What are we doing wrong? I would like to cite the second ... view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: When the auditors went on the ground, unfortunately, all of them had died. They had given thousands of poultry and all of them died. Something is wrong. It is out of this that this service and Bill would be very timely. Since devolution came, as many of my colleagues have pointed out, services that were being offered by agricultural extension officers--- I come from an agricultural county. I represent the people of Nyandarua in this Senate. We are the leading producers of many things especially horticultural products. For example, potatoes, carrots, cabbages, French beans, name them. We are the second ... view
• 20 Jun 2023 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 Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: reduction of advice we have been getting as farmers from the agricultural extension officers. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: One of the major components of crop agriculture is crop rotation. There is a reason different crops are grown in the same area at different times. When agricultural extension officers used to visit our farms, there are many things that they used to test. One of them was soil acidity. It is basic knowledge that crop rotation is pegged on correcting soil acidity. We are planting the same crop over the same area for a very long time using acidic fertilizers. We sometimes grow grass or legumes like cowpeas. If we are not advised accordingly, our harvest will continue to ... view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, as I wind up, when we speak about the establishment of this service, there is one key component that came up with the 2010 Constitution – devolution. If we shall not devolve these extension officers to the lowest available unit of service such as a ward, location or a village, we shall have missed on the thought and idea here. I enrich the mind of this Mover of this Bill that this service should be express even if it will be a collaboration between the national and the county government. It should be explicit and very direct ... view