Rt. Hon.(Eng) Raila Amolo Odinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Moyale asked about sound policy to ensure food security – a very good question, indeed. I want to inform him that this is a matter that has been addressed very comprehensively by the Government to ensure that the country becomes food self sufficient. I only want to inform the hon. Member that some of the measures which are being undertaken by the Government are medium and long-term. We have appreciated that with the climate change, there is a kind of disaster that we live in and it is going to be a permanent ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want the hon. Member to rely on the statistics provided by the experts unless he wants to say that he is an expert himself. That has already been taken into consideration, because I am talking about consumption up to July this year. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member for Laisamis has talked about production of biofuel, which is creating shortage of food on the international market. I agree with him that, that can also be one of the factors which are responsible for the high cost of food. But I know that the real reason for ... view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Member for Mathira was concerned about the small scale irrigation schemes. The small scale irrigation schemes help farmers. Some of them can be introduced by the farmers themselves because there are a number of areas where we have rivers or streams and they only need a pumping unit to pump water out of the river and irrigate. You do not even need the Government. We are going to a stage where we are asking the Government to do virtually everything for view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not quite get the question that Mr. Kutuny was asking. Did he say that Mea Limited has been taken to court? I do not know who has taken Mea Limited to court. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand now. But we must understand that we do not direct courts. If the matter is before the court, then it is view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: . We only hope that the court will deal with it expeditiously. But, as a Government, we are committed to ensure that fertilizers are made available to farmers at lower prices. That answers the concerns of Mr. Konchella that--- view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, exactly! That, in fact, is the point I was going to make. I would like to say that until the Government is injuncted, we will ensure that farmers receive fertilizers at a subsidized price. Mr. Chepkitony wanted to know how much--- view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mbuvi was basically concerned because he knew that I was supposed to be the guest of honour to flag off the football match this afternoon. But I have already delegated the Leader of Government Business to do so in the event that this matter took longer. That is because I consider this to be a very important matter, indeed. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Having said that, Mr. Chepkitony wanted to know how much money has been set aside. I said there is already Kshs1.7 billion available at the moment. As the Treasury makes more money available to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB), they will continue to use it to buy maize from farmers in the country. view
• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is probably not aware that the NCPB was buying maize from farmers at Kshs3,000 per bag sometime last year, until they ran out of the money that they had been given. That is when they stopped and the private sector then moved in and brought down the prices. So, what we are saying is that money is now being made available again to NCPB to buy maize from farmers at a higher price. That is the situation as I know it! Those are facts! Thank you! view