Victor Kioko Munyaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. What urgent steps is the Minister taking to provide affordable seeds and fertilizer to farmers in the lower Eastern region, especially in view of the current prevailing poverty and famine? view
• 12 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Assistant Minister for that answer. However, I want to tell him that the people in the lower Eastern region do not only rely on maize. Considering that, that is a drought-prone area, why can the Ministry not supply beans, cowpeas and pigeon peas seeds, which can mature early? view
• 12 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, considering that the south Eastern region has been hit by drought, famine and poverty; and considering that the residents have been surviving on relief food, does the Government have any plans to supply seeds and fertilizer free of charge in order to mitigate the situation there? view
• 7 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Agriculture the following Question by Private Notice. What urgent steps is the Minister taking to provide affordable seeds and fertilizer to farmers in the Lower Eastern region, especially in view of the current rains and prevailing poverty and famine in the region? view
• 7 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is okay but let the Assistant Minister understand that the rains are not there for long. Next week, Tuesday, I need the answer. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to support the adoption of this Report. I want to thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources for the very good presentation that he gave. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to thank the members of the Committee for the work they did in trying to investigate and find out what has been ailing pyrethrum farming. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: At the moment, the Ministry of Agriculture is facing a lot of challenges because it has so many parastatals which have been riddled with a lot of corruption and others have basically collapsed. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Sometimes back, pyrethrum farmers were earning a lot of money through that industry. Due to the culture of corruption and mismanagement, Kenyans have really watched that industry go down to its knees. Pyrethrin, which is the byproduct of pyrethrum, is a very marketable product worldwide because it is environmentally friendly and accepted. The issue of marketing is not what could have caused the Pyrethrum Board of Kenya to have difficulties. It is a product which is in high demand and it attracts a lot of customers worldwide. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: It is unfortunate that we are the major producers of pyrethroid but Kenya was exporting pyrethroid to areas like America only for them to process it and bring it back here as finished pesticides. I do not know when Kenya will wake up and start having value addition to the products we make in our agricultural sector so that we can benefit from better returns. view