Njeru Ndwiga

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• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: In my own county of Embu, we have lost quite a number of people. A major person this morning is a major journalist with the Star newspaper, Mr. Githinji who succumbed this morning because there was no adequate attention in Embu. There were no beds to accommodate him when he needed oxygen. I support and hope Kenyans will begin to take the third spike seriously because it is that serious. view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of order. Before we go to the next order and because we are going for recess, there is a point that is aching the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. We have had a Bill here since October last year, the Coffee Bill, and we have been waiting it to be brought here for First Reading. However, that has not happened. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are hearing rumours that there is another Bill which is being introduced in the National Assembly. The rumours that we are hearing is that the leadership of Senate ... view
• 24 Mar 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not taking lightly this matter as a Committee because a lot of work has gone into the Bill up to where it is. I think it is incumbent upon the leadership to inform us and this House what is happening because it is a matter of this House. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Most of what I wanted to say has been captured by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. I, however, want to emphasize that non- remittance of statutory deductions when the deductions have already been done from the employees is criminal. In fact, what we have are employers who are stealing from their employees. It is so painful when an employee has, for example, been deducted NHIF, which covers them and their dependents and the moment they try get into a medical facility, they find that they cannot access it, just because the deductions have not been transmitted. ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: institutions. It is criminal because that means that those fellows cannot borrow money from any other source. They are already listed there, yet it is their own SACCO or employer that has behaved in an irresponsible manner. I quite agree that the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare should be very diligent and look at this issue. Perhaps, we should find a way of enforcing all deductions. In fact, it is already criminal not to remit, but these things happen every day, and Kenyans have nowhere to go. I think it is time that this House finds a way to ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity. First, I congratulate Sen. Wambua for sponsoring this Bill. Sen. Wambua sponsored this Bill before he was appointed as the Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. The Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries undertook extensive public participation on this Bill. We went to Kitui to do public participation and the enthusiasm that we saw in there was overwhelming. The women as well as young farmers in Kitui expressed great enthusiasms. I nostalgically remember the day that we had a meeting with the farmers of Kitui ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I apologize and withdraw because that is un- parliamentary. Secondly, the Standing Orders do not allow me to switch languages. It is time that we, as Kenyans, started thinking outside the box. We have such educated scientists and food technologists in this country. We should not be going to our farms to plant things, wait for them to sprout and then wonder what we are going to do with them as if we did not know that they would grow. It is time we started to think about value addition to our agricultural produce. The whole ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: things, how can we get different results? We will continue living in perpetual poverty until we change our mindset. We first of all have to change our political thinking. We politicians behave as if the country does not belong to us. Who is telling our young people today that they can go out there and grow mung beans or any other agricultural produce which we can do value addition and consume locally? Sen. Sakaja spoke about sunflower. However, we are unable to even feed our own cows in Kenya to produce better milk. We have to import ingredients which include ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I support although I do not want to discuss the Coffee Bill before it lands here. However, I have seen a line there, which says that we will increase duty and taxes for all coffee that will come back to this country. Yes, I support, but I also suggest that we zero rate all raw coffees that will get into this country 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 Feb 2021 in Senate: so that we can start a process of being coffee manufacturers for the world. That is what we need to do. view