Owen Yaa Baya

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• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: After saying all these things, which are very good about the potential of what we have we need to look at the sad story. The sad story is that Kilifi was hit by drought in 2016/2017. The drought meant that the coconut tree did not get enough rainfall. The statistics given by the 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
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in 2017 show that drought affected the coconut tree a lot and many of the trees had their crowns collapse. Therefore, the coconut tree became a trunk and no longer a tree. It died with the drought. If you go to Kilifi County today, you will realise that over 450,000 coconut trees were affected by the drought and are dead. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: If the coconut sub-sector supports more than 150,000 households, and if each household has at least five members, then we have almost 500,000 people in this region that have no income because the coconut tree that they were depending on is no longer there. There has been no deliberate Government effort up to date to look at what the issues are. Today, when one speaks about it, people say that agriculture is a devolved function. Yes, it is devolved, but when drought hit coffee, tea, miraa as well as the sugarcane industries billions of shillings of the taxpayers’ money was ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I have statistics that are sad showing the number of coconut trees that have been destroyed and the number of families that are suffering. Today, poverty index in Kilifi County and most parts of the Coast has continues to increase. Therefore, we have more people joining the poverty class in Kilifi County than any other county. This can be reversed and this House and the Government can take advantage of the handshake and the President’s Big Four Agenda, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: especially on manufacturing, to reverse this. We have an obligation to save the coconut sector by putting in some money. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I urge my fellow Members to support the Motion. I request Hon. John Mbadi, the Leader of the Majority Party, to second. Thank you very much. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to move. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Tayari for introducing the amendment. The drought affected all the counties of Coast region and that all the counties of the Coast region stand to benefit if this amendment is introduced. view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I therefore support the amendment. view
• 14 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to second this Motion and Report as tabled. The 138th Assembly of the IPU and related meetings held on 22nd to 28th March 2018 was quite an eye opener. First, it took a lot of time to discuss issues of refugees and migrants which was the theme of this very important meeting that was held in Geneva. We also discussed issues of renewable energy and how to engage the private sector in ensuring that renewable energy in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this ... view