Peter Njuguna Gitau

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 671 to 680 of 1718.

• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to congratulate hon. Walter Nyambati for winning the recently held by-election in Kitutu Masaba. Secondly, I would like to very strongly support appointment of both Members to the two Committee mentioned respectively. I believe both Members are effective and they will be able to deliver the required service. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to start by thanking the Mover of this Motion. This Motion is very timely, and can give impetus to the dwindling performance in the tea sector. Let me appreciate the critical effort that has been made by hon. Khalwale to think about farmers in this country. Tea has been the main cash crop in this country for a long time. It has done well in the international market. Kenya has been the lead exporting country in the whole world, producing the most qualitative cash crop into the national market. Even giving the ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, small scale farmers have created employment opportunities for the youth in this country. Tea picking is done by our youth, men and women, who have been employed in this sector for a long time. The KRA has also been collecting a lot revenue from this sector. The economic growth of this country has also steadily improved because of this vibrant sector. But we recognize that this sector was badly affected by the drought, meaning that the farmers were not able to buy the fertilizers for dressing the crop. The farmers were not able to pay ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the production of tea has been badly affected by inflation and drought. Due to inflation, the cost of diesel went up. Even firewood became very expensive. That means that the cost of production by tea factories went up. The production capacity went down in the small-scale farms. As a result, the farmers were not able to get good returns for their small-scale production. The factories were also affected and, therefore, the farmers were threatened with their small securities that they had provided to tea factories. This means that if the small-scale farmers are not assisted, ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is, therefore, important that we think of how to revive this key sector by way of supporting the farmers. One way of supporting the farmers is to bring the Government on board and make sure that those products that farmers use, like the seeds and fertilizers are made available in the market at cheaper prices. We recall that we passed a Motion in this House requesting the Government to start a fertilizer factory immediately. This is very important because it will assist this country to become self-sufficient in food production and on this main ... view
• 7 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Let me start by thanking the doctors who are now on strike because their call needs to be answered by the Government because our people are suffering. Their call needs to be heeded by the Government. With regard to this Motion, let me start by saying that the two Ministers have done Kenya proud. They have visited the critical centres to present our case. They have visited the Headquarters of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD). The IGAD has already endorsed our ... view
• 6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister has admitted that the price of LPG is very high. What is the Government doing to cushion the gas consumers? view
• 6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second victim, Corporal Kirimi was also attacked and admitted to hospital. Could the Assistant Minister inform this House what financial assistance has been given to this police officer? Could he also inform the House on the patient’s health status? view