Njeru Ndwiga

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• 11 Feb 2021 in Senate: The days when coffee had money, the Coffee Board of Kenya (CBK) of the day used to produce our coffee here in industrial area. All of us know Kahawa No.1, KK Kahawa and such. I do not want to go there because we will be getting to the Coffee Bill soon. Today we are on the mung bean. This is what we must support. I believe strongly that we must move into areas of value addition. Let us get rice from Mombasa County. Just look at the nutrients of the mung bean or Google if you do not know. There ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate, today, Monday, 21st December, 2020- Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on the National Assembly Amendments to the Tea Bill (Senate Bills No.36 of 2018) view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the National Assembly amendments to the Tea Bill (Senate Bills No.36 of 2018) be now considered. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Senators will remember that on June, 2019, we passed this Bill and it was referred to the National Assembly where it has been until December this year when it was brought back to the Senate with amendments. As a Committee, we have looked at the amendments and discussed with various stakeholders including, and not limited to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. After the Bill came from the National ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was wondering where I had gone out of order because I am moving the Motion. The Motion needs to be seconded before we can discuss other issues about the Tea Bill (Senate Bills No.36 of 2018). First, I want to thank this House on the reforms of the tea sector. When you read the newspapers and the social media, it is as if this House is being sent a Bill from the National Assembly to assent to. That is not true. The truth is that this Bill emanated from this House. At this juncture, ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 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 Dec 2020 in Senate: While I served as the Vice-Chairperson of that Committee, we traversed this country and talked to tea farmers in the whole Republic from Kisii, Kericho, Murang’a and Embu. We heard the cries of the tea farmers of this country. It is as a result of those meetings that the Ad Hoc Committee introduced a Bill which was passed by this House in June, 2019. Mr. Speaker, Sir, among the cries of the tea farmers was that the Kenya Tea Developers Agency (KTDA), which manages their tea factories had become so opaque that they did not know what was happening in ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 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 Dec 2020 in Senate: and so forth. The pilot of this project is none other than Sen. Cheruiyot, who is with us in this House today. Although I know Sen. Cheruiyot will thank the Members of the Ad Hoc Committee, I wish to also thank them starting with Sen. Kang’ata, Sen. Ongeri and Sen. Murkomen and himself. They did a sterling job and that is the process which has got us to where we are today. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reforms in the tea sector could not have come at a better time. It is at this time when tea farmers in this country ... view
• 21 Dec 2020 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 Dec 2020 in Senate: When this Bill left this House, one of its key proposals was to form the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK). The Tea Board used to exist and function, but somewhere along the line, we do not know what happened, and it died. However, we now want the Board back. One of the major reasons that personally I want the Tea Board back is because we expect that apart from the Board regulating the behavior of the tea sector, we also expect that the Government will channel enough funds to that Board. It is the only way that the Government can ... view