Peter Mwathi

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• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in so doing I want to briefly state that I hold this unique position. I am the Member of Parliament for a constituency where there is both tea and coffee. I am very well aware that both of these crops are very important to small-scale farmers in the whole country. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, I just want to remind the House and hon. Members that at one time we had the coffee boom. Coffee was a leading foreign exchange earner sometime in this country. The earnings that we got from coffee at that time were used to put up educational facilities, commercial centres and infrastructure like roads. Indeed, the Great North Road was a beneficiary of money earned from coffee. For those of us who went to school around that time we had the coffee boom, we were supported in payment of school fees by coffee produce. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we also have small-scale coffee farmers who grow coffee. These people have problems dealing with their loans, just like tea farmers. Like I said, I have knowledge about the two crops because they are grown in my constituency. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: At the same time, I want to associate myself with the sentiments of hon. Kabogo when he says that farmers who have had coffee for a long time are uprooting it in favour of real estate. That is only happening where we are very close to commercial centres and the City. In the far flung areas where coffee is still grown, people are suffering because they still have the crop, but they experience the weight of the debts, so that they do not get enough proceeds from the bonus that comes from the sale of the crop. As I conclude, ... view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I beg to second the Motion as amended. view
• 30 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: ( Question of the first part of the amendment, that view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The question has very many weighty issues and a lot of grey areas. Given the fact that all Members have interest in this matter, is it in order for me to request that this issue be referred to the relevant Committee of the House? view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. This issue, as weighty as it seems, I would like to inform the Prime Minister that he has to address it in two fronts. One, he sorts out the problems with the donors, the World Bank and two; there are problems on the ground as we are speaking now. The KKV programme was targeting youth who were not employed. These youth use that money to purchase their daily food. Otherwise, they would go, engage in casual labour and get the money to buy food. Yesterday, in my constituency, there were protests that the youth had ... view
• 4 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I listened to the Minister’s Statement and the sentiments of Eng. Gumbo. Like Eng. Gumbo has said, July is a very sensitive time, is it possible for the Minister, as a matter of policy, to hold these conferences in first term instead of second term? view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security the following Question by Private Notice. view