Njeru Ndwiga

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• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Standing Order 51(1) (a) provides that a Committee chairperson may make a Statement relating to a matter for which the Committee is responsible. In fulfilment of this provision, I wish to make a Statement in regard to the public and stakeholder engagement on the legislative proposal on the Mung Bean Bill held today, 18th September, 2019. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: The public hearing forum was well attended, having representation from the County Executive, the county Assembly, co-operative in the mung bean industry and farmers. The Committee received numerous views on the proposed Mung Bean Bill, including the following- (a) That the scope of the Bill should be expanded to cover all pulses. (b) That the Committee should consider amending the National Cereals and Produce Board Act to include pulses among the scheduled crops as this would be a solution to the storage and marketing challenges facing the farmers currently. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: (c) That the mung bean should be among the crops that are sold to the State’s Strategic Food Reserve. (d) That there is need to increase capacity and resources towards research in the pulses industry. Although the Bill requires the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) to establish linkages with international research agencies for the adoption of best mung bean farming and processing practices, there is need for the Senate to lobby for more resources to be set aside for programmes under the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). This will ensure that the country develops the best seeds.\ (e) ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: The Committee has observed that the recent assent by the President to the Warehouse Receipts Systems Bill and the Irrigation Bill will be instrumental in the growth of the pulses sector in the country. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the operationalization of the two Acts be fast tracked. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee shall continue to engage stakeholders on the Bill. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. From the outset, I support this Bill but very reluctantly. I am ashamed that the Embu Delegation, which I am leading, is going to support this Bill. view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: My colleagues, the moment we start to give in to the whims of the Executive--- Right now we know that the National Assembly is an appendage of the Executive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, those of us who have read some little history will know. You can go back to 1966 and see how the majimbo were killed in this country. What we are doing today is the first step towards killing devolution. Unless we stand up to the Executive - we are not begging - because Kenyans gave themselves this Constitution that clearly says that revenue will be allocated in a ... view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Now we are in a situation where I heard my President says: ―I have no money to give to counties.‖ view
• 17 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President does not have money to give to counties, which I agree because it is not his money; it is the money that has been collected from the people of this Republic. The moment - again, this Constitution clearly established some institutions - you get a country that creates institutions which it does not respect, that is a primitive country. I do not think we want to go that direction. There is no country that will move forward without respecting the institutions it has established. The other day we were in Malaysia and our colleagues were ... view