Peter Kamande Mwangi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Section 43 of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act 2013 prohibits export of raw produce such as raw macadamia, raw cashew nuts, raw pyrethrum among other products except with written authority from the Cabinet Secretary or with the approval of the National Assembly. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, due to the said prohibition, the macadamia farmers in the country are suffering and the macadamia industry is on the verge of collapsing. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, with the collapse of coffee farming, macadamia has been the main source of income thereby ensuring financial stability of those farmers. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, since 2004 macadamia farmers experienced a steady rise in macadamia prices from Kshs.10 to Kshs.50 per kilogramme and further that, the emergence of foreign investors in the year 2014 and 2015 led to rapid increase in prices to Kshs.130 per kilogramme. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the implementation of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority Act 2013, led to decrease in macadamia prices and deregistration of firms dealing with raw macadamia. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the implementation of the Act has led to loss of employment and closure of business. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, efforts to resolve the matter with relevant authorities have been fruitless. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the issues in respect to which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law, constitutional or statutory body. Therefore, your humble petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, proposes amendments to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) Act 2013 to provide for the sale of raw produce, in particular raw macadamia, and make any other order or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the case. Your petitioners will forever pray. view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this amendment Bill. It is very serious that we have forgotten our plants and yet, some of them have high medicinal value and have been patented by other countries. Those countries are now selling those medicinal plants to us. Therefore, there is need for protecting and having a very good research station where our researchers will know the exact medicinal value of any plant. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we go round in towns, we see some of our wazees coming with some plants and claiming ... view
• 27 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: tree. I appreciate the establishment of such a station. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there are other cases that have happened. Some plants have natural value. Some plants were able to conserve the environment but lately, we have been removing them and planting exotic plants that do not help us. Let us go back to our roots. Such a research station will help us to create employment and come up with better drugs for treatment of cancer and diabetes, which is killing us. With those few remarks, I support. view