Victor Kioko Munyaka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The Government should strive to revive pyrethrum farming because we still have many interested farmers who would like to do the farming and then streamline the Board so that it becomes a regulatory organ. This will ensure that the avenues of stealing may not deter the farmers from undertaking that activity. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: If you look at the Report, you will find that more than Kshs3 billion was lost either through material loss or cash loss. It is interesting to note that it is said in the Report that pyrethrin worth around Kshs2.4 billion was "eaten by rats", whereas we know that pyrethrin are actually pesticides and a rat cannot eat pesticides. It is interesting to note the extent to which some people can go to lie and steal products of farmers. They are not even ashamed to give such a story. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good that we liberalised the industry so that we can attract competition and so that the farmer can choose where to get his services. This will ensure that we maximise on services and profits. Otherwise, the biggest problem we have is that the appointment Fe bruary 17, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to ask the Assistant Minister to talk about the situation of the AFC. We know that the AFC suffers from "headquarters syndrome." When a farmer applies for a loan, he is referred to the AFC headquarters. What is he doing to increase AFC's efficiency by mandating the officers in the field to process loans within their branches? view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Considering that there are many hon. Members who would like to contribute to this very important subject and there is very little time left, am I in order to suggest that each hon. Member contributes for three minutes? view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Industrialization:- (a) whether he is aware that Machakos Town has no industries, Kenya Orchards Limited (KOL) and East Kenya Bottlers Limited - the only industries previously in town - having re-located to other areas; (b) whether he is further aware that as a result, there is massive unemployment in 3884 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 4, 2008 the town and its environs; and, (c) what steps he will take to encourage investors to put up industries in the town for the benefit of the residents. view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for attempting to answer the Question. I do not know if he is aware that Machakos is a very old town. It is actually the one that was designed to be the capital city of Kenya and yet there are no big industries there at the moment. The two medium-size industries that he has talked about employ about 40 people only. The other industries he has talked about are in the Jua kali sector, that is, self-employment. What is the Ministry going to do to take advantage of the peaceful environment, ... view
• 4 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since we are celebrating 100 years of the Provincial Administration in Machakos District, could the Minister gives us a gift by, perhaps, establishing an EPZ in Machakos Town so that the people of Machakos can feel like they are part of Kenya? view
• 3 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to congratulate the Minister and the Ministry for coming up with the policy paper. I just wish to state some two points. December 3, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3857 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the impact of under-staffing has been very detrimental in the Kenyan livestock industry. That is because you understand that the European market is not able to purchase animals or even livestock products from Kenya. That is why the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) is almost collapsing. So, the Ministry needs to repeal Sessional Paper No.1 of ... view
• 5 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Roads:- (a) whether he is aware that there is a black spot at the Machakos junction of the busy Nairobi-Mombasa Road, and many traffic accidents have occured on that spot; and, (b) whether he could consider constructing a fly-over at the junction to minimise accidents. view