Prof. Prof. Olweny

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1831 to 1840 of 1845.

• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Agriculture:- (a) what legal arrangements are currently in place with regard to contract April 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 329 farming in the country to safeguard the contracting parties from exploitation; and, (b) which crops have cases of contract farming. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Minister for the answer. There have been cases of the contracting parties having serious problems when they enter into contracts with one another. The would-be buyer normally supplies the inputs and promises to buy the commodities. As a result, the farmer also promises to sell the commodities to the other contracting party. In some cases, farmers end up selling the commodity to another person instead of the contracting party who supplied the inputs. Sometimes the contracting parties do not buy the commodities from the farmers in good time, for example, in the case ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the process, the farmers lose while interest accumulates. What measures does the Ministry have in place to safeguard the contracting parties under such circumstances, so that either of them do not lose? view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Minister has indicated, there are several crops which fall under contract farming. But people who did not contract the farmers, and those who did, have fought several battles and engaged in tugs-of-war over some crops. A good example is tobacco where there is a tug of war between Mastermind and British American Tobacco (BAT). BAT buys tobacco from farmers contracted by Mastermind and vice-versa. What action can the Government take against BAT if it buys tobacco from farmers contracted by Mastermind and vice- versa? That is what I wanted the Minister to clarify to. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Kiunjuri and Mr. Munya should also be added to the list! view
• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister assure this House that the commanders of all the nine police formations he has read out are answerable to the Commissioner of Police? view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to--- view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: You have approved it, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion. THAT, in view of the fact that natural calamities always cause extensive damage to several schools, and the Government has not put in place a system to March 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 185 cater for such disasters, this House urges the Government to establish a Schools Disaster Management Fund to be used for repairs and reconstruction of schools in case of such calamities. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMREHENSIVE TRANSPORT POLICY view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Did you see Mr. J.M. Mutiso talk to another hon. Member and then just walk across the Floor without bowing at the Bar? view