Moses Masika Wetangula

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• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: sure he is brought to book. The spirit of devolution that Kenyans fought for was not to enrich a few individuals or create demigods in counties. It was to benefit the ordinary citizens of Kenya. Madam Deputy Speaker, I have gone round my county. Everywhere you go and ask are there any groups of youths in this village that have ever benefited from a contract preserved for youths. There is none. You ask for women and there is none yet by law 30 per cent of all procurements and contracts are supposed to be preserved for worm and youth. These ... view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I support the distinguished Senator for Kakamega in this Statement. The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries is chaired by my distinguished friend Sen. Ndwiga of Embu County. I brought a Statement last year listing very comprehensively the issues we needed to know in the process of privatization or intended privatization of sugar factories. Sen. Ndwiga and his committee have neither informed me of the developments to that Statement nor brought any answer to this House but I believe they will do that although it has taken inordinately long. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: In addition to what Sen. Malalah has asked, we want to know from the Committee if the Privatization Commission of Kenya has looked at the issues of Mumias Sugar Company and prepared a report which must be tabled in the Houses of Parliament for debate and approval before any steps are taken. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Secondly, in addition to what Sen. Malalah is asking, what is the fate of the nucleus land of Mumias Sugar Company, the land that belongs to the people who donated it to the Government when Mumias Sugar Company was set up? Will the new investor compensate the citizens of Mumias, Kakamega and Bungoma who were beneficiaries of Mumias Sugar Company when it was working? view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Thirdly, on the eve of the General Elections of 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta gave Kshs2 billion of public resources to Mumias Sugar Company. Who is going to account for that money in the process of handing over the factory to the intended investor? Fourth, apart from not being consulted, how are the outgrower farmers of Mumias going to be managed and relate with the intended investor? view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Fifth, is the intended investor going to pay out debts that are owed to the farmers in terms of cane delivered and not paid for? Sixth, there are workers of Mumias Sugar Company who have not received any salaries for months and those who have retired with no benefits because statutory deductions were never paid to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Is the intended investor going to foot that bill? view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Above all, we want to know from the Chairman of the Committee. I am happy it is Sen. Ndwiga because he exhibited some rare competence when he was Minister of Cooperatives, and I believe he carried that to the Committee. Can he tell the country view
• 2 Jun 2021 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
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: whether the Government has now abandoned the policy of dealing with sugar factories as an entity from Nzoia, Mumias, Chemelil, Muhoroni and Sony and is now segmenting and dissecting the factories and dealing with them as individual entities and therefore weakening the opportunity and resolve of our collectivity in fighting for sugar farmers and beneficiaries thereto who number over 10 million in the sugar belt of this country? view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for an opportunity to make a comment on the Statement by the distinguished Senator for Embu, the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. view