Njeru Ndwiga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: However, the Bill that will be laid here, the House will be happy to note that the county governments are totally and heavily involved in everything that we do with all these crops including coffee, pyrethrum and sugarcane. The county governments are properly involved. We have done adequate consultations. view
• 2 Jun 2021 in Senate: Thank you. view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, can you hear me? view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. There has been a lot of debate on whether it is the right time to change the Constitution. For some of us, there is no right time to change the Constitution. There is no better time than now. I would like to go down the history lane, in the days when some of us were in the opposition. For 10 years, my county of Embu only received Kshss15 million for development. Those are some of the things that we cannot forget. In 2003, we got ... view
• 11 May 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
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: suffered in the earlier days. Without devolution, there is no way funding and development will reach the grassroots. It is impossible. This Bill proposes to devolve funds all the way to the wards. This is a great step for this country. This is because ordinary Kenyans at the ward level will decide on their development priorities with the amount of money that they will get. Mr. Speaker, Sir, a house cannot be built from the top. We have to develop from the grassroots. In many counties, there are some wards which have not seen any development despite the fact that ... view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know a lot of money remains with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. I congratulate the Cabinet Secretary, (CS) Hon. Munya, for trying his best to distribute some of that money to rehabilitate and modernize coffee view
• 11 May 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
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: factories in coffee growing areas. However, that is the work of counties. That funding ought to be with counties and not at the headquarters. Crop development is also at the Ministry. That is improper because agriculture is a devolved function. Therefore, such finances ought to be with counties for them to improve extension services. This country is lagging behind in agriculture we lost extension services. Extension services are no longer in existence anywhere in this Republic. Without them, we cannot pretend to be an agricultural country. We may have the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization ( KALRO ) who ... view
• 11 May 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, on behalf of the great people of Embu County, and on behalf of those who know the history of this country, I vote yes. view