Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This Motion is a product of a historical process. For the first time in the history of Parliament in this country, and rightly so, you as our Speaker attended one of the sessions of this process in Eldoret. You captured the mood of the country from the farmers of the bread basket of Kenya when they expressed their anger, disaffection and dissatisfaction with how this sector is run. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the whole of this scenario can easily be summarised in the words of Chinua Achebe in one of his books called Things Fall Apart. He simply said: “My dear brothers, who saw that and ate?” It is as simple as that. In my community we also have an equivalent saying: “ Nanu wabona ako mala kalia ?” It is a quotation and is, therefore, allowed in the Standing Orders. It simply means who saw that and ate? view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: This whole saga of maize must be seen from the background that maize is the most important food cereal for the people of Kenya. Each household in this country eats a product of maize. It is the duty of the Government to not only protect the farmer but also the integrity and value of the crop. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I enjoin the Chair of the Committee in the recommendations she has presented to the House. I will, therefore, be very brief so that the Members can also ventilate on this matter. The background of this whole mess can be traced in very inexplicable Kenya Gazette notices from the National Treasury and Planning in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. On 13th April, 2017 the Cabinet Secretary (CS) issued a Gazette Notice opening a window for duty free importation with conditions including that the maize coming in should not be Genetically Modified (GMO). The window ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: In the process, from the evidence given to us by a very honest Kenyan, a Mr. Musyoki from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), that window alone enabled profiteers to walk away with Kshs18 billion of taxpayers’ money through those fraudulent importations. As they were doing that, the farmer has a crop he cannot sell or store. This is the saga we are facing. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you look at the minutes of an Inter-Ministerial Committee and you wonder why some people should still be sitting in Government offices. In one of the minutes, the Inter-Ministerial Committee sits and without any justification, because the gazette notice has said that the maize must not be GMO and set other conditions, it simply directs that the maize docked at the Port of Mombasa facing documentation challenges should be cleared and discharged immediately. They did that without caring whether this maize was fit for human consumption or whether it was GMO. In fact, sitting in this Chamber, ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: with those who have unjustly and unfairly enriched themselves at the expense of the Kenyan farmer. view
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: In another set of minutes, something we alluded to yesterday, when we were talking here, the same Inter-Ministerial Committee sat and made another decision in a period when farmers in the constituency of the Senate Majority Leader, Sen. (Prof.) Kamar’s, my constituency and everywhere in the west of Kenya are harvesting maize. They directed the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) and the Government to import 4 million bags of maize from Mexico and buy 1.5 million bags from Kenyan farmers. Honestly, where is the logic? The Kenyan farmer is harvesting, his maize which is always cheaper, they had recommended ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 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
• 20 Feb 2019 in Senate: There are many others. Even that name alone sounds phony. I have never heard somebody called Wanjiru wa Reuben. view