Rigathi Gachagua

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 21 to 30 of 42.

• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: We want agencies like KTDA. This was a public body which was illegally converted to a private company. They have been exploiting the farmer. Under this framework, we want KTDA to become a public body that will be audited by the Auditor-General and will be subjected to the laws that govern other public bodies. As it is now, they just do what they want and the farmer is the loser in all the instances. We have situations that we want the Tea Board of Kenya to look into, in terms of representation of the farmer. Today, we do not have ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: have a marketing function which is similar to the Kenya Tourist Board where the Government can put in money, so that they can look for the best market possible for tea farmers. As it is, our farmers work so hard every day, but they have nothing to take home. This kills their morale to a point where in my place, farmers are uprooting tea. We told them not to do it now. With this proposed Bill, this House will come up with the necessary legislation to protect them. So, they should not uproot tea. They should be patient. We will ... view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Once we are through with the Tea Board of Kenya, we also want to revert to the Coffee Board of Kenya. Those two crops are very important. They are major foreign exchange earners. They need to be dealt with exclusively as sub-sectors and given due attention. view
• 20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: With those very many remarks, I beg to support the Bill. Thank you. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill because it is timely. There has been an outcry by our contractors who are owed over Kshs80 billion. The properties of many of them have been auctioned. Many of their companies have shut down. If you have looked at the daily newspapers for the last one year, every morning, we have had over 10 pages of auctions. Most of the affected are road contractors who have rendered services to the Government. This has broken families. It has made people who have been very hardworking and very enterprising to ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Recently, a leading newspaper held a party for auctioneers. The party was to thank the auctioneers for a good job done by selling people’s property. If this bond sees the light of day by getting the legislative framework from this House, all the contractors will be paid what they are owed by the Government and there will be money circulation in the economy. Kenyans are crying that there is no money in this country because most people who have rendered services to Government have not been paid. Through this bond, Kshs80 billion will be paid to contractors and this money ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: We have so many road tenders that have been awarded. The construction started but along the way, the contractors have abandoned the sites because they have not been paid. With the enactment of this Bill to get those roads bond, all those roads will get on course and they will be completed within the contract period. We run the risk of roads that have been awarded for completion between two years to three years going between eight to 10 years. This is a situation that is not acceptable. As such, once this has been done, it will be very good ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: As I talk for the country, I must talk for my constituency. I have several roads that are ongoing. If we do not establish this bond for roads, we run the risk of those roads that have been contracted for three years, going to eight or 10 years. I cry for my people from Konyu Ward who have never seen a tarmac road since Independence. Now that a contractor is on site, if this bond sees the light of the day, the road will be completed within three years and those people, who have not seen a tarmac road since ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: In a nutshell, we want to thank the Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure who is working very hard, but he has been inhibited by lack of funds. He has able engineers. He has people working under him who are raring to go but there has been that handicap of lack of resources because what comes from the Exchequer is hardly enough. We, therefore, need to say that this initiative by the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry is well thought-out because we cannot just keep on crying about problems. We need to look for solutions. We want to see a good solution ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I wish to support. Thank you. view