Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think that I understand clearly what is "all that is going on." But let me hazard a guess, that if we are talking about the new fad about carbon and flight miles, which is particularly making Marks and Spencer and TESCO to start labelling products that have been flown into Europe as a way of saying that they have been polluting the environment, a matter that is a major threat to this country; I agree that although this is not an EU regulation, the fact that some of the main consumers of Kenyan ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would be very dangerous if an hon. Member of this House, who is an authority on culinary issues, raises the spectre that there is insufficient attention to chemical and pesticide residue in food-related produce of this country. It will hurt us very badly if certain sceptics towards Kenya heard that Prof. Ojiambo had said so. I would like to reassure the gracious lady of the following: On 23rd November, 1976, the European Union started its first regulation on pesticide residues in horticultural and food-related imports into Europe. These regulations were amended and came into effect ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the most tangible evidence of success that you can give when there is a threat to market access is the demonstration of increased market access. Since the carbon footprints debate started, Kenya's horticultural exports to Europe have increased. That is the best evidence. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the role of the former MP who has been a good friend and lobbyist for Kenya, but it is not true that there had been any interruption of our market access until he intervened. It is not true at all! TESCO have never stopped importing Kenyan horticultural produce. All they did was to start putting the symbol of an aeroplane on all horticultural produce that had been imported by air because a certain activist lobby group was demanding so. What has happened is--- view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, both the Ministry of Agriculture and my Ministry 1026 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 2, 2007 have engaged the management of Marks and Spencer and TESCO which are the two companies that started labelling our country's produce with an aeroplane as a sign that those were products that were brought there with additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. They have agreed that we work on industry-friendly methods of reducing any such advertisement that can threaten current and future market access of our horticultural produce. We have a list of activities and I am sorry that I did not ... view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as soon as I have finished answering, I will give him my written reply. view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I share the sense that the matter of the violence in Mount Elgon District deserves attention at the highest level by us as the political class. There are problems and we need to find how to deal with them. Rather than just apportioning blame amongst individuals, I am a neighbour of Mount Elgon. I am hosting most of the displaced people from Mount Elgon. All politicians going to Mount Elgon pass through my constituency. I have refrained from visiting the area on the advice we all got that at this difficult time, let politicians keep ... view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: The Government has not neglected them. Do not talk to me like that! Protect me from Mr. Moi. view
• 4 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, common sense requires that when dealing with a matter of lives being lost, we should resist the temptation to say that some ethnic communities are trying to help more than others. We have a collective responsibility to help. Those who are appearing in the media, being shown to have gone into Mt. Elgon more than others should ask themselves why there have been more flare-ups after they visited than before. We want to find a solution to this problem. The impunity of boys who form gangs and try to get land by force is not part of ... view
• 3 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view