Njeru Ndwiga

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• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: seems to be very confused in this matter. The right hand does not know what the left hand is doing. The President appointed a taskforce which was converted to an implementation committee. Madam Deputy Speaker, however, the CS of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries does not seem to recognize that this Commission exists. As a Committee, we have worked very closely with the Commission. They went round the country and that is why we did not bother to also go round the country collecting views. Most of those views which are in the regulations which we passed in ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. May I start by thanking all the Hon. Members for their very useful contributions and also the kind words they have said about me and the Committee. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: I will not go through all the contributions in detail. I just want to pick from where Sen. Murkomen left, that coffee used to pay school fees and give bursaries. That is where Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has ended. I am a product of coffee. When I went to high school, I never saw a cheque from my parents. I used to go to school with a letter from the manager of our cooperative society, addressed to the headmaster of our school. The letter would request for my admission, promising that my school fees cheque would follow in due course ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: That is why I am so passionate about coffee because it is doable. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Now, we have noticed how the sector was wrecked. I believe through this Bill, we will rectify most of the mischief in this sector. I confirm that this Board will be in Nairobi City but the Bill also says that it will open branches throughout the country, wherever coffee is grown. I remember Sen. Wetangula saying that we should not just say “university degree”. We should say “relevant degree”. It is true. If a fellow has a degree in witchcraft from Kitui University, they will not help in the coffee sector. We will check that. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the other areas Members raised is about introduction of a Parliamentary caucus. The days we transformed Kenya Tea Authority (KTA) from an Authority to the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA), we used to have a strong caucus called the Coffee and Tea Parliamentary Association ( COTEPA ). I believe that we should revive that. Even after we pass this Bill, the caucus should be revived because it is not just passing the Bill, but we need to follow and ensure that what we have passed is followed by all those other authorities and institutions that we ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Most Members have talked about value addition. The Bills says clearly that we want to encourage value addition. There is no big value addition of Kenyan coffee because Kenyan coffee is not available. The people who mill the coffee are the marketing agency and they take all the coffee to Europe. In this Bill, we now said that we want to encourage value addition. In fact, we want to encourage entrepreneurs to start coffee value addition in Kenya. We have said in the Bill, that we will allow duty free importation of other coffees from outside so that we become ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, funding of the Institute is properly captured in the Bill. We have said there will be a levy. We used to fund--- If you wait for the Government to fund any research institute, it will fail. Here, we are saying because this is our Institute as coffee growers, we will fund it through a levy. We are comfortable that way because we used to do it before when we had a vibrant Coffee Institute. We will do it again so that we get the Institute that will serve the coffee sector. view