Njeru Ndwiga

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• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, at a sitting of the Senate held on Tuesday, 21st April, 2020, Sen. Moses Wetangula, EGH, MP, requested a Statement on the criteria for allocation of the World Bank funds for the improved production of coffee in the country. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1) of the Senate Standing Orders, at the sitting of the Senate held on Tuesday, 28th April, 2020, Sen. Wetangula rose on a point of order and raised concern on the possible disbursement of the funds to certain counties, to the exclusion of other coffee growing counties, prior to the scheduled meeting of ... view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: The hon. Deputy Speaker directed that any precipitate action, or action of any kind regarding the disbursement of the funds, be withheld until the matter has been considered by the Committee and the Senate. The Committee met with the CS on Monday, 4th May, 2020, on the Zoom Online Platform, where Sen. Wetangula was in attendance. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: The CS briefed Senators as follows: (a) That following His Excellency the President’s direction that the recommendations of the National Coffee Task Force be implemented, the World Bank made a commitment to support the implementation of the coffee reforms. (b) That this was followed by the launch of a pilot project involving eight counties; Kiambu, Murang’a, Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu and Machakos. This was supported through the World Bank funds. (c) That the first phase of the World Bank supported coffee revitalisation project would focus on the eight counties and based on the outcome of these pilots, the ... view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: (III) Other ongoing complimentary revitalisation initiatives such as value chain support programmes. The county governments have committed a lot of resources in addressing the challenges in the coffee sector. The programme will complement their efforts. (IV) Willingness by counties to inject additional investment of up to Kshs1 million to the coffee revitalisation project. (V) Potential for quick wins through productivity increase. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: The national Government, through this World Bank supported initiative, will provide a catalytic push to have a major impact as the county governments have made major steps towards the revitalisation of this important sub sector. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Phase 2 of the project that is expected to begin in September 2020, shall bring on board other coffee producing counties. Since the project was initiated, the Ministry has involved the Council of Governors (CoG). During the launch of the projects, all the Phase 1 counties were invited and they all participated. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: The World Bank supported coffee revitalisation programme will be anchored in two World Bank funded programmes, which are ongoing in the counties. Therefore, at the county level, these projects have functional implementation structures, which shall be used in the management of the projects. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: At the national level, a technical advisory committee has been formed. The committee is made up of the relevant national Government institutions, the County Executive Committee (CECs) members of the implementing counties and a representative of stakeholder institutions. view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: The terms of reference of the committee are to coordinate and ensure efficient and effective implementation of the project and prudent utilisation of resources among others. The project implementation is subject to World Bank conditionality and normal audit processes. A concern was raised by the Senators present on the failure of the Ministry to adhere to Article 10 of the Constitution in the allocation of the World Bank funds, noting that the criteria used was unconvincing. It was noted that it was untrue that 75 per cent of coffee was grown in the eight counties and that Kiambu County could ... view
• 5 May 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also wish to inform the House that I am uncomfortable reading this Statement because my county is a beneficiary of these funds. However, the Statement is not about which county, but the rationale of the distribution of the funds. I thank you. view