Milgo Alice Chepkorir

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: It is very unfortunate that those farmers that produce large quantities of maize are being subjected to the issue of supplying only 400 bags. I know Kitale, because I stayed there for many years; and I knew many farmers who would produce even over 4,000 bags of maize. When we go to the extent of actually limiting how many bags the actual farmers can supply, we are discouraging them from producing. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, the people concerned should to devise better methodologies of identifying the actual farmers which, in any case, is not very hard. I come from Bomet County, where if you want to purchase fertilizer for your tea farming, they send an agricultural extension officer to come and ascertain the acreage of your tea farm. In any case, what is the role of these technical officers in the NCPB? Their work is to identify genuine farmers so that they are assisted to produce and find a market for their produce. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: I support the amendments that have been proposed. It is high time that this country, because food and nutrition is one of the Big Four Agenda--- I do not know whether another committee will be formed to ensure that we get the actual solutions which will ensure that, in the future, we will be able to produce food. I am sure that if farmers are supported in this country, we may not even import food. We are supposed to be selling food. There was a time when we were forced to import milk in powder form. When people sat and ... view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you for giving me the chance. view
• 21 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I second. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. Happy New Year to you and to my colleagues. I stand to support the Motion and the Members who have been nominated to serve in the HBC. This is a special Committee that deals with the business of this House. The Senators listed here are equal to the task because they have a wide range of experience. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: As has been mentioned by some of our colleagues, women Senators have been given a raw deal to serve in this SBC. Even if we, as a country, has not achieved the two- thirds gender rule, it would have been better if many of us were nominated so that we advance issues affecting women of this country. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no doubt that this Committee will put the entire Senate on its toes, so that when we come to the close of business this year, we shall have achieved more than we have done in the previous years. This Committee has a lot to do to assist us achieve the success of devolution in this country. I urge them in their deliberations to prioritise all issues touching on devolution. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Many people have talked about the issue of maize farmers. However, even the issues of tea farmers are equally important. Before we went to recess, we had had the adhoc Committee on Tea. One of the Senators here called for the establishment of Implementation Committee to follow up on the recommendations of that Committee. As I speak, I do not know what happened to the resolutions by the ad hoc Committee on Tea. Tea farmers have continued to earn very little money from their tea for a long time. Currently, we cannot differentiate between the tea farmers and their workers. ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: We all know health sector is in a crisis as results of nurses downing their tools. One of the four agenda of our Government is Universal Health Care (UHC). I am sure there will be more issues in terms of medical provisions and services that we will be called upon to deliberate. We, as the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, when we were looking at the crisis in the health sector, we realised that many of the counties have diverted money meant to pay nurses to other things. For example, they have used some of it to do roads ... view