Onesmus Muthomi Njuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I would say that the status quo of stopping the forest from being logged until an amicable solution has been reached, should be maintained and the first condition should be an environmental impact assessment which should come from a different party and not the Forest Department itself or the Kenya Forest Service. Lastly, there is confusion in this country at the moment in relation to resources that belong to the national Government. The county governments lay claim on forests. According to the Constitution, that function was not devolved and therefore there is no county government that can lay claim on ... view
• 28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: I want to stop there and thank the Committee. I hope the status quo will remain. Logging should not take place at Kiamuriuki Forest. view
• 6 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Three weeks ago, I requested for a statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on the condition of roads being tarmacked by the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), with particular regard to Chuka Town in Tharaka Nithi County. They promised to provide a statement within three weeks. Considering that yesterday you gave an indication that we will be breaking from Parliament on 5th December, 2013, it will be good if I get the statement within this time. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I want to thank the Committee that placed me in PIC. For that, I have a reason to tell my people of Chuka Igamba-Ngombe that the constituency is in the only county in Kenya which does not have NCPB storage facility. For avoidance of doubt, for those who do not know what NCPB does, it is the body that normally regulates the availability of maize in the market and also the prices. When there is too much production, they take the grain and store it, so that ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: There was a shortage of 180,000 metric tonnes of maize because, at the end of the day, all the companies supplied only 70,000 metric tonnes of maize, leaving a shortage of 110,000 metric tonnes of maize. I have not heard of a report of any Kenyan who died out of that crisis because of the shortage of maize. That means there is a possibility that there was a very artificial shortage of maize in that particular case. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you look at the contract that was made between Erad and National Cereals and Produce Board, it was crafted in a way that actually, the witness The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: who witnessed the contract was not a Kenyan. You wonder in a business of this magnitude, why would you have an agreement that is not witnessed by Kenyans who actually experienced the problem and are the ones who were directly affected by that maize shortage? That is because we should have been very passionate about the delivery of maize per se . view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there was no maize that was supplied. The contract was time bound because it says very clearly that the maize was supposed to be delivered in four weeks and way beyond four weeks when Erad Suppliers had not supplied the maize, NCPB had the mandate to cancel the contract. However, that did not happen. It was still left to go on beyond the time of the contract and they were allowed to go on and engage arbitration when the contract could have been cancelled. Then that leaves a begging question: Why did NCPB staff or whoever was involved ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to support what the Committee has actually recommended that we need to conduct a very clear-cut investigation so that all the concerned parties are brought to book. It does not matter which role you played. As long as you did something incriminating that actually made the price of grains and maize in Kenya to go up, then you should be brought to book. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Motion. Thank you, hon. Speaker. view