Owen Yaa Baya

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• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Coast look at it, by ensuring that for the first time the farmer at the Coast is treated the way the coffee or tea farmer and the pastoralists and their cows are treated, so that they can feel they are part and parcel of a country that cares not only for them, but for their economic mainstay. Just like Hon. Mwamkale has said, we need to make the coconut tree a cash crop. We hope the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock in this House will not only wait for the ministry to implement this, but will be proactive in ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: THAT, aware that agriculture is the mainstay of the Kenyan economy, contributing to food security and employment of rural households; further aware that the recurrent drought being experienced in many parts of the country has adversely affected this sector leading to a worrying drop in production particularly among the coconut farmers in Kilifi County; noting that farmers in Kilifi have not only suffered losses of income for their livelihood due to the drought but are also faced with huge debts resulting from high interest levied for default on loans advanced to them for coconut production; recognising that the Government of ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Coconut tree is the tree of life. It is one of the sleeping giants in this country. It is a tree which is predominantly grown in the coastal counties of Kenya, especially Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Lamu, Tana River and Taita Taveta counties. It is important to note that the plant is currently grown in such areas as Nyanza, Western Kenya, Eastern and Rift Valley regions. However, the coastal region accounts for 99 per cent of the coconut production. The plant has huge economic potential which, if properly utilised, can enhance our economic growth and catapult our nation towards poverty and ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: In its 2016 Report, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO) stated that the current monetary value of coconut and its products is around Kshs3.2 billion, which is only 25 per cent of the estimated potential of Kshs13 billion annually. The coconut sub-sector is one of the key economic drivers in Kenya which supports over 150,000 households which directly rely on it for income, employment and food. This clearly implies that 75 per cent of the potential of the coconut tree in this country is untapped. This denies the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: country the much needed agro-based revenue which is critical to achieve sustainable development goals, especially for the regions that grow this crop highly. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The coconut has many economic uses. Since Independence, very little interventions have been put in place to optimise its huge economic potential and maximise its returns for socio- economic reasons. There is inadequate value addition in the coconut sub-sector. There is very little that is being done to commercialise the coconut sub-sector through technology, innovation, infrastructural development, distribution, marketing and financing. This is one of the reasons that the coconut sub-sector has continued to underperform in this country, and therefore not giving this country the much-needed revenue. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The President talks about the Big Four Agenda and one of them is manufacturing. Value addition gives us an opportunity to manufacture, create jobs and sell our products at high level just like other countries. If you look at the products that the coconut tree gives us today, you will realise that there has been very little effort at ensuring that we have better products. The palm wine that is consumed widely in this country comes from the coconut tree and it is only 60 per cent. Mature nuts take 24 per cent. This country imports brooms from other countries. ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: The crop produces over 100 by-products. It is the only tree in this world that can do that. I do not want to go into the details. Like I said, we have a possible annual turnover of Kshs13 billion for this country which is not being realised. The Daily Nation on 2nd November 2010 said that there is need to exploit local resources such as the coconut tree as they have huge economic benefit which can only be realised through proper value addition, interventions and linkages thus create more employment, alleviate poverty and boost Kenya’s economic growth towards middle class ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) has said that the coconut plant can create up to 500,000 jobs annually. That is what AFFA, a Government agency has said. The AFFA continues to say that Kenya has 7.4 million coconut trees covering only 200,000 hectares. The average estimated potential of coconut industry in Kenya stands at Kshs13 billion annually where the current exploitation monetary value is only Kshs3.2 billion. This is only 25 per cent. If we look at development in this country and taking it to the next level, we have greater potential when we ... view