Moses Otieno Kajwang'

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• 24 May 2023 in Senate: When Pastor Carscallen and Pastor Nyasa from either Zambia or Malawi came, they introduced us to mass growing of cotton. The chiefs then realized that these religious leaders had not come to steal their land and colonize them or belittle them as Africans. Our people in Homa Bay took up cotton growing. Because of its spread, the church also spread. That is why I am saying it is part of our spiritual journey. view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Cotton has been part of our economic journey because it allowed our people to get into the cash economy. Prior to that, we were trading using barter. That is the reason why one of the counties in Kenya is called Kisumu. Kisumu is derived from the Luo word “kisuma” which is about barter. Our people would come with fish from Homa Bay, walk over to Kisumu and exchange the fish with other delicacies that the people of that area produced. Due to cotton, the concept of cash was introduced to our people. As a result, we had the first bank ... view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Cotton has been part of our academic journey. Many of us have been educated as a result of the proceeds of cotton. If it was not for cotton, perhaps the first or second generation after colonialism and arrival of the church in our region, would not have made it to school. This is because their parents would not have been able to afford the school fees. view
• 24 May 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Cotton has been part of our urban centres and structures. When you drive along the roads of the cotton growing areas, you will find centres called store pamba, which simply means cotton store or store ya pamba . You will find in Homa Bay and Kisumu a centre called store pamba. One unique thing about store pambas is that they are huge warehouses where people used to bring and aggregate their cotton for it to be delivered onwards to the ginneries and to those who would process and add value to it. Madam Temporary Speaker, that was the landscape in ... view
• 24 May 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: reduces the amount of work required to tend to the cotton crop and the number of times to spray. It is handier. Madam Temporary Speaker, Bt simply means that it is injected with something that makes it more resistant to pests. As we discuss the Cotton Industry Development Bill, let us look at other aspects of ensuring that our farmers have got the right kind of seed; be it Bt cotton or anything that scientists finds to be better than what we traditionally used to have. We cannot afford labour because we stopped being polygamous and having many children. In ... view
• 24 May 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: It must also trickle down to the farmers. We must make sure we protect our farmers, but we can only do so, if we promote the production of cotton and the formalization of cotton growing. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also hope that this Bill does not take us back to the Produce Marketing Board era. That was a strategy that went alongside import substitution policies. They have been discredited in many instances. That is the reason why, when President Mwai Kibaki took over power, he came up with the strategy of revitalization of agriculture. That led to the amalgamation of ... view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support and congratulate Sen. Beth Syengo on this wonderful Bill that will put money in the pockets of the people of Homa Bay County. view