Mohamed Hussein Gabbow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (i) With regard to maize; there was a deficit of 807,178 metric tonnes in 2009. It is projected that there will be a deficit of 235,020 metric tonnes in 2011. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) With regard to beans; there was a deficit of 81,598 metric tonnes in 2010. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) With regard to wheat; there was a deficit of 852,699 metric tonnes in 2009 and 560,007 metric tonnes in 2010. It is projected that there will be a deficit of 823,725 metric tonnes in 2011. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (iv)With regard to rice, there was a deficit of 334,037 metric tonnes in 2009 and 334,958 metric tonnes in 2010. It is projected that there will be a deficit of 344,640 metric tonnes in 2011. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: (c) Mr. Speaker, Sir, Nyakach is not one of the constituencies that are perpetually affected by prolonged droughts. However, when need arises, the Ministry provides relief food. In August this year, the Ministry provided the constituency with 300 bags of maize, 100 bags of beans, 50 cartons of cooking oil and cash amounting to Kshs75,000 to transport the allocated food. Further, the Government, in anticipation of short rains that sometimes adversely affect Nyanza and Western regions, the Government has prepositioned food and non-food items that can quickly be mobilized in the event of floods. In Nyakach Constituency, the Ministry has ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member tables document to show that Nyakach is one of the arid districts that receive relief food, then we will definitely reinstate it and provide it with relief food. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is not concerned with harvesting of water. That is the responsibility of another Ministry and I think the question should be redirected to the right Ministry. However, regarding the floods, I have said that we have repositioned 1,000 bags of maize and other non-food items. When there are floods, we provide those items. We even visited the affected areas recently. We are available and ready to provide food and non-food items. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is in the process of establishing a database for all the districts and we are modernizing. We are going electronic and so, the situation will improve soon. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it needs the efforts of the whole Government and other Ministries to make sure that this country is food sufficient. As a Ministry, we are working with other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) like the Red Cross and the World Food Programme (WFP) to make sure that we are able to give food during those hard times. However, it is the responsibility of all of us, as a Government, to make sure that this country has other programmes which can sustain food supply to the people. I am sure this cannot just be done by the Ministry of State ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, kindly, I will ask the Questioner to repeat his question. view