Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1071 to 1080 of 1925.

• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will speak, though my voice is not very perfect. When we talk of coffee, tea, macadamia, pyrethrum and basic cash crops that 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
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: farmers have in the past thrived upon, we find misery all around. As you are aware, agriculture is almost a fully devolved system. The policies are with the national Government. However, when they are called upon to account for some of these policies, they do not seem to care. The parastatals that were set and which are directly answerable to them, and not the farmers, are also talking the same language. I think we need to demystify the mentality of parastatals, which think that they are the bosses of the farmers, when actually it is the farmers that have employed ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: The reason I support this Petition is because I know that the basic farmers at the grassroots level are suffering. They are laden with debts that have accrued as a result of borrowing. In some of the organizations they were incurred for managers to get certain luxuries that may not be able to reach the farmer in any way. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: When you consider tea, it is the same story. When you think of pyrethrum, it is the same story. Time has come for the Senate to do something, because we support devolution and are the protectors of devolution. Some of the issues that are brought to this House touch directly on the welfare of farmers. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: The maize saga is one of the most painful things, especially when you read the history of the huge sums of money that have been squandered and stolen by known farmers. We cannot continue to go in this direction as a nation. We must put a stop to this matter and the only body that can do so is this Senate, by legislating and innovating various methodologies that will help us to cover this inefficiencies and deficiencies that we notice in the coffee, maize, tea, and pyrethrum sectors, besides other cash crops that Kenyan farmers are engaged in without any ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: I would love to contribute more, but because of my voice, I will rest my case and wait for the outcome of this Petition. We will all support it since it deserves the support of everybody who means well for the Kenyan farmer in this country. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: I support. view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was away in Indonesia with Sen. Seneta when we received this exciting news of the election of Sen. Kihika to the position of the President of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. From my experience as a former diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations from 1992 to 1997, and again, in a later period and as a former Minister for Foreign Affairs, I am fully aware how competitive this kind of positions can be. Sometimes you get tremendous groupings. You can get a group from China, the European Union (EU) The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: and the Americans wanting to have their own candidates in such kind of positions and the other interest groups within the African Continent wanting to have their own person. For those of you who have not been in such kind of position, it can involve the whole nation to campaign for one candidate. The fact that it only took five of them from this Senate and the five from the National Assembly, making it 10, plus the Speaker and they campaigned vigorously and obtained the position, I congratulate them for the tremendous efforts. That is a position of honour. She ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in Senate: We have also held international opportunities; for instance, I was once the President of the Multilateral Fund. I, therefore, know how exactly it was when I was at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); and also, as the vice chair of various committees in bio-diversity and in other places. view