Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Policy Statement (BPS), we were told that it was at the Government Printer. We have actually recommended that it must be in the Senate by the 15th of March, 2019. We are now being told that there is also a Bill at the National Assembly – I do not know how it landed there – discussing how to raise revenue for counties. All these efforts need to be coordinated. My Committee will be very willing to cooperate with the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs; and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government so that we can work together ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me also contribute to The Tea Bill, 2018. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I thank the Senator for Kericho for bringing this Bill so as to bring some sanity in the tea industry. Tea is very indigenous to our economy. Many people in the world think - it is true - that Kenya has the best tea, competing only with India and Sri Lanka. However, hardly do we see Kenyan tea on the shelves in international supermarkets. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I used to work in the embassies and in those days, it was difficult even to market Kenyan tea because we do not see it being marketed and value addition done in the country. I hope that among the functions of this Tea Regulatory Authority of Kenya is also to encourage our farmers to value-add, so that instead of just auctioning tea as a raw material at the auction in Mombasa, there is some value-addition done. We need to diversify so that our tea finds itself in the international market as a product of Kenya. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, today tea which leaves our port in Mombasa, is mixed with others and by the time it is packed in tea bags under the Lipton brand, we are told that Kenyan tea is one of the teas that made it. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I do not know the role of Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) because it is an association of farmers. However, they have apparently been doing all the work of promoting, marketing and reproducing. They are the only people you see outside the country trying to market Kenyan tea. The Bill is silent about their role. Maybe they are just part of the farmers. However, I am surprised that after all these years of our 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
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Independence, we have not been able to put a regulatory authority in place to regulate the processing of our tea in Kenya. It is only the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), which puts many things together. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I see that the Bill proposes a tea Regulatory Authority. In fact, it is the only Authority. There is also the Board of that Authority and their functions. In fact, there is nothing on what happens now and how to transition from where we are into this Tea Regulatory Authority of Kenya. It is very important and maybe going forward, we need to add that. view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: I still believe that we can help and change the way we manage our tea. Kenya is known for growing good tea, which is managed by many multinationals. At one time, we had a lot of problems with our brothers in Egypt and they were stopping tea into that country because of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). We did not even know who the Kenyan tea farmers were. There were many big names such as James Finley Tea. Sometimes one can hardly see any Kenyan name. I do not know what can be done so that ... view