Nelson Koech

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 11 to 20 of 35.

• 18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: He has no power. view
• 18 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: off-record. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: First of all, I hear many of my colleagues saying that we are simply creating a Bill to handle the tea sector. I want to say that we are doing that unapologetically. Today, if you asked anyone from my constituency, which is predominantly a tea growing area that prides itself in hosting many multi-national corporations, which largely depend on tea farming, no one has an idea of what AFA is. I want to laud the sponsor of this Bill, who is also the Senator of my county, for having taken this great initiative. The Bill comes to this House at ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the name of my constituency, ‘Belgut’, is a corrupted English word because of our Kalenjin accent. There used to be a place called Kabianga, which used to produce the best quality tea during the white settlement period. Belgut produced the best tea and it used to be called “Best Quality Tea” - which was corrupted and became ‘Belgut’ because of mother tongue accent. So, generally, I know what it means when we talk about this Bill. I have gone through all the 40 sections of the Bill word by word. I am confident that it is ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I know most sections of the original Bill were removed. Those included the section that sought to establish the Tea Board Headquarters in Kericho. This was a well thought out idea, but we will accept the change to Nairobi with branches countrywide. I only request the human resource departments of the bodies to be formed under this law, once approved, to give priority to residents from tea growing areas when it comes to employment. view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The main feature of this Bill is the establishment of the Tea Board of Kenya in Clause 3. The main functions of the Tea Board are spelt out in Clause 5, and they include looking for the resources for the tea sector, regulating and licensing factories, tea dealers, tea brokers, keeping statistics about tea and generally advising the Cabinet Secretary on matters and functions that are currently being handled by AFA. So that you know that there is lack of seriousness when dealing with matters tea, at the beginning of the year, the President gave the Ministry of Agriculture 14 ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is why it forms the basis of why we should have a body that directly deals with matters tea. The current AFA is really doing a disservice to the tea famers of this country. That is because it is only concentrating on coffee, cotton and rice farmers and yet, they get the bulk of the money they are using to run their operations from the tea sector. In fact, even the assets they are using were inherited from the former Tea Board of Kenya which was disbanded. We see them recommending to the President to ... view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: (Belgut, JP) asked the Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: (i) What measures has the Ministry put in place to protect the brand value of Kenyan tea from likely harmful market publicity occasioned by multinationals such as M/S. James Finlay Company Limited which trades in the commodity in the United Kingdom (UK) and elsewhere? view