18 Jul 2023 in Senate:
been a Speaker in this House, is using a point of information to debate and talk about crocodiles, things that are not before the House. Please rule him out of order.
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26 Jun 2023 in Senate:
He should be the last one to speak. That is the practice.
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support the Agricultural and Livestock Extension Services Bill brought before this House by Sen. Tabitha Mutinda. If there was ever any business for the Senate, then this is it. Agriculture is a devolved function and what remains at the national Government level is only policy. Execution, strategies and everything that brings fruition to our farmers is at the county governments. This is a Bill that touches the core mandate and nerve of the Senate. It is rather unfortunate that 10 years since devolution, we have not thought of a similar Bill. Indeed, what has ...
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
necessarily an enemy to mankind. They teach us that bees can be harnessed, mobilized to provide honey and need not to be fought by humans. These services used to be there before devolution. It is sad when many citizens think that devolution killed extension services. We have to put legal framework and that is what Sen. Tabitha Mutinda is proposing. We need to have structures. We also need to link what extension workers are doing with what county governments are doing. We also need to link policy on extension workers with the national Government policy. Madam Temporary Speaker, this country ...
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
We have seen the services sector growing at the expense of agriculture. It should not be that way. Even though we are expanding the services sector, we must start seeing the agricultural sector giving rise to value addition. If the agricultural sector will not grow as expected, we need to see industrialization or the manufacturing sector expanding. We want to start seeing fish farmers becoming fish processors and dairy farmers becoming milk processors. This is a very important Bill that will make sure our fish farmers can get extension workers who can teach them about the best feed available, link ...
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I hope “livestock” are not leaving the House. Farmers Training Colleges (FTC) must be encouraged and established in each county. Counties must stop this habit of converting FTC into campuses that are training our children in all sorts of things. These courses should be taught in established universities. We must pass a Motion in this House resolving that each county or each regional bloc must have a well-established and financed agricultural training center. Agriculture still remains the backbone of this economy and the biggest employer. Many of us in this
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
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20 Jun 2023 in Senate:
House, with very few exceptions went to school and have prospered on the back of agricultural productivity. I support this Bill and hope that once it is promulgated into law we will see a return of the services we used to see where communally we would go to cattle dips, ensure cattle are sprayed, vaccinated and taken care of against the pests and ticks. Once this Bill is promulgated we will see maize farmers getting quality support. The National Government will provide fertilizer that is relevant to ecological zones. You have a National Government that buys one batch of fertilizers ...
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