Ndiritu Muriithi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) As the hon. Member is aware, the Ministry of Industrialization facilitates the private sector to establish industries in this country. The Ministry plays this role by providing information to investors on investment opportunities that are available in various parts of the country. The Ministry has embarked on organising industrial investment fora in collaboration with the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government. It also collaborates with local authorities in order to identify not just the resource bases available in the various districts and constituencies, but also to ... view
• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the hon. Member is quite aware, the way we attract the private sector to invest, is to provide them with the necessary support systems and, therefore, in the proposed pineapple processing facility, we have first of all identified this opportunity and taken it to the District Development Committee (DDC) so that it is approved. As I said, we are engaged and have recently held a Gusii investment forum to try and persuade the private sector to take up these opportunities. October 14, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2673 view
• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, on 29th August, 350 different private sector investors were in Gusii. They were presented with these opportunities and, in fact, this is the process. We cannot of course, decree that Mr. "So-and-So" must invest in any particular place. view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that counterfeit goods from other countries have been flooding the Kenyan market. The Ministry has made efforts with other key institutions in fighting the influx of counterfeit goods into the Kenyan market. Counterfeiting, as a global phenomenon, is rampant in many countries, including Asia and elsewhere, and is estimated to be worth well over US$20 billion worldwide. In our country, this malpractice is estimated to cost the public in excess of Kshs4 billion every year. This has consequently left many Kenyans jobless, and many more have lost the sources ... view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (c) The Ministry, in conjunction with the KEBS, has been conducting joint surveillance activities with other Government agencies such as the Weights and Measures Department (WMW), to address the issue of counterfeits, as well as with the Ministry of Energy to address dumping and adulteration of petroleum products. view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the KEBS is mandated to promote standardisation. As the house is aware, if you produce goods in Kenya and you want to sell them throughout the COMESA market, for instance, you must ensure that those goods meet certain standards and specifications. So, the core mandate of the KEBS is to, in fact, promote the use of standards to ensure that the goods we export and those which come into this country meet specified standards for purposes of protection of consumers and promotion of trade. view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of what the hon. Member alleges. The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), as the hon. Members will notice, is at the moment engaged in ensuring that goods sold in this country have the diamond mark of quality. This has been an on- ongoing process over the last year or so, in order to ensure that goods that are sold in this country are up to the expected standards. As I have already indicated to the House, we have published the Anti-Counterfeit Bill, which we shall be asking this House to pass into law. ... view
• 24 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in very specific terms, this year the KEBS will have a budget in excess of Kshs2 billion in order to ensure that its resources and its capability are enhanced. I should also say that I am delighted to inform the House that the entire International Standards Organization is, in fact, visiting this country. Today the organization's leadership is in this country. This is part of our efforts to ensure that we engage globally to protect Kenyan consumers and ensure that the KEBS is networked across the globe, so that in every source of goods, it is possible ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Vote of the Ministry of Lands. Let me start by congratulating the Minister and his team. The Minister has shown interest to deal with critical issues. I think this is what is required, if really we are to be improve land policy in this country. As I support this Motion, I want to urge the Minster and his team to do a couple of things. First of all, the core question of physical planning; the process of physical planning is taking inordinately long time. As one speaker said yesterday, investors ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I must thank hon. Kioni for donating two minutes to me. The Assistant Minister has already given a positive response that the Government supports this initiative. I am very gratified that this Committee will look into the underlying causes. In reality, the youth are looking to talk to us. Young people in this country feel bewildered by what is happening. They feel disenfranchised with the processes in this country. They feel disconnected and left out of the key processes in our society that determines issues of leadership and economic progression. I think ... view