Moses Masika Wetangula

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• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: As I finish, Madam Deputy Speaker, we should also not let Sen. Murkomen get away with what he said. He said that they have organised for a Zoom meeting on Friday to decide with the governor how the meeting will be conducted later. They are going to have talks about talks on a matter that is so serious that the Speaker directed that it be dealt with expeditiously. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you. This Bill is very dear to my heart. I grew up as a little boy. Every Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, we were picking coffee during harvest season. After picking coffee, we would put them in an ox cart and travel to three, four or five kilometres to deliver to the coffee society factory. When the payments came those days, it was an early Christmas for the families. On such a day, we would eat chicken and chapati. We would even eat rice which was only reserved for Christmas. Those were the days when the ... view
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• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: coming to vote are not real farmers. They are hired goons are criminals brought there with fake registration numbers to vote in one of their own to continue fleecing the famer. This Bill seeks to change the management of our coffee industry. I encourage the Mover, Sen. Ndwiga, that there are a few things that he may wish to look at at the Committee Stage, so that we make it even better at that stage. Agriculture is a devolved function. So, I agree and laud the sharing of responsibilities between the National Government and county governments. As we do so, ... view
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• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: university recognized in Kenya. When dealing with coffee, we cannot just have a member in the Board with any degree. Suppose somebody turns up with a degree in Bible and you want him to sit on the Coffee Board? I saw a university offering a degree in witchcraft. What if somebody turns up with a degree in witchcraft from a university recognized in Kenya and you say this person is now fit to sit in CBK? view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: We need to be more definitive in what degree we are talking about. If we are talking about coffee, it must be a degree relevant to crops, more particularly the crop in issue. So, let us not be vague and say a degree from a university recognized in Kenya. We have very weird public officers in this country. A CS will just appoint somebody with a Bachelor’s in witchcraft and say he has a degree recognized in Kenya and he should be let to sit in CBK. So, we need to look at that and see if we can change ... view
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• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: although we need to provide a penalty for an errant county government official who levies fees from a farmer when it is said no levies should be applied to the farmer. More importantly is Clause 26. Sen. Ndwiga should note it because it is very critical. It says: “A person or entity shall not carry out the business of a coffee grower, nursery operator, cooperative society, coffee association or coffee estate unless such a person is registered by the respective county government in which the business is to be undertaken.” I would like them to pluck out the words “coffee ... view
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