Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 191 to 200 of 1925.

• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: The separation of powers, the Chairperson of the Committee has appropriately apportioned the function. I am bringing this schedule into this discussion is because when you look at the representation at the Board, level, there needs to be a little adjustment so that the county governments get more representation. Although you have assigned two directors who will be nominated by CoG, I would like to see a higher representation. There are many coffee growing counties and we would like to have a higher representation so that they are able to do a good job. If that is impossible, then we ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Looking at Clause 10 on the Board of Directors and their functions, one of their functions is 10(f) – conduct local and international coffee market intelligence and promotional activities, including the application of the Kenya Coffee Mark of Origin. I heard my good friend, Sen. Murkomen, saying that the ODM Party leader said about the mark of Kenya products. This is already contained in this Bill. Therefore, the party leader was not off the mark. He was thinking ahead of the Bill that is before us today. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, one of the things that the Board will do is to register, maintain and cause to be published an up-to-date register of coffee dealers, coffee growers, nursery operators, coffee cooperative societies, coffee associations and coffee estates in the country. Now, in Clause 23, these are the same functions the county governments are also performing. We need to look at how to iron out so that we avoid duplication of services and functions. I think the Chairperson has already seen that duplication. However, there is no harm in the CoG bequeathing that register to the Board, so ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: I see my time is almost up although I would have liked to speak much more. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: The one thing that I wanted to bring out is that for the coffee farmer to carry home something tangible, let us encourage county governments to invest in the farmer, whether in the coffee or tea industries and others. Therefore, we should give them a higher responsibility. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: 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
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This should be the first function of the county governments in order to encourage the farmer. All these credits coming either from the World Bank, any other Bretton Woods Institutions or the donor countries to the farming industry and particularly the coffee industry, it should find a direct injection to county governments. The county government can then dispense that money directly to the farmer. Very little, if any, should be left at the Board level just for normal administrative functions. The bulk of that money should be transmitted to the county governments and directly ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: One of the elements is research into coffee diseases that may affect farmers, provision of fertilizers and farming input. It is important for farmers to be educated on the picking of the cherries, drying them up and even carrying them to the marketing point. The movement of the coffee from point A to B is very critical because this is a high value commodity. Coffee is subject to thievery by cartels who have not learnt to farm and earn a living through their sweat. They just want to carry away the very little that farmers should earn from their coffee. ... view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I think we should get into the element of labeling the grades like AA and BB. We have been taken for a ride for a long time. I think you have heard it from the Chair himself that after labeling, it is all packed in one bag and sold as an AA product. The loser is the farmer who does not get full credit for his product. view
• 21 Jul 2021 in Senate: Kisii, Nyamira and those other counties that grow coffee will be very happy that as their Senator, I am fully supporting this Bill today. I would like to see it come into law almost immediately if we manage to pass it through the Second Reading and the other processes. If it becomes law, it will be the best gift to the people of Kenya because coffee has suffered so much. We can now start reviving the coffee farming industry, just as we want to continue reviving the tea, pyrethrum, sugar and cotton industry. These are very critical agricultural products for ... view