Wahome Wamatinga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Government. More important, is creating mechanisms where farmers can seek and access markets internationally directly. As we do so, it is also important to ask ourselves whether we have been doing enough to ensure that there is value addition in our produce; be it tea, coffee, macadamia or avocado and whether it does justice to our farmers. With a bit of attention and the diversity of knowledge in this House, we can enrich our farmers by ensuring that the value chain gets down there. As we do so, it is also important to report that for the first time, we ... view
• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for a long time, farmers have been left in the periphery. Decisions have been made in Nairobi and have been implemented down there. However, with a transformative bottom-up economic approach, farmers are now participating in a collaborative manner by being engaged so that they become decision-makers for the decisions that will influence them. Additionally, we have seen the Kenya-Kwanza Government strengthen the cooperative movement through its leadership. That will ensure that farmers are able to reap from their collective bargain by ensuring that they pull together their resources so that they can make better bargains and ... view
• 9 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am one of those who believe that when life serves you a lemon, you should make lemonade out of it. As the Chairperson of the Committee on Energy, we have been fighting to make sure that the cost of power is brought down and make power reliable. This is a classical example of how unreliable our power supply is. I want to take this opportunity that has presented itself to request all Members of this House--- There is a moratorium by the National Assembly. We are not able to look at alternative power generation means. ... view
• 9 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, could I be heard in silence? As I finish, I would like to tell Members that the Committee on Energy of the Senate will start an inquiry to find out how a certain important organ of the Government can--- view
• 9 May 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56(1)(a) to make a statement relating to a matter to which the Committee is responsible. I wish to make a statement on the overflowing of the dams used by Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) to generate electricity in the country due to the ongoing heavy rains. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me begin by acknowledging that the rains we have experienced as a country have come with many destructions to properties, injuries and death. As a committee and as the Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, ... view
• 7 May 2024 in Senate: A permanent solution, however, is the construction of the dykes at the most vulnerable, sensitive places in the Tana River and the construction of the High Grand Falls Dam. Dykes are flood mitigation structures created in river that prevent water from flowing beyond a certain height. These flood control structures are used to protect coastlines, riverbanks, agricultural fields, homes, urban areas and other properties. A country like Somalia, with the help of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), constructed two dykes in the Bulai Stream, which transformed Hadji village in the hinterland of Gendo region. The Netherlands have also used ... view
• 25 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Chairperson. view
• 25 Apr 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Chairperson. Indeed, I was trying to explain to Sen. Sifuna the importance of becoming a sugar cane farmer. I beg to move- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clauses immediately after Clause 19— Exemption from cane supply restriction. 19A. (1) The Board may exempt a commercial cane grower from the restriction on supply of cane within a sugarcane zone, provided that— (a) the grower demonstrates that there is pre-existing agreement with the miller outside the sugarcane zone; (b) the grower is not indebted to any miller or out grower institution ... view
• 25 Apr 2024 in Senate: I submit. view