H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that unscrupulous businessmen and brokers exploit farmers whenever the Government is not available to buy maize as a buyer of last resort. That is the very reason why I have instructed NCPB to open its stores beginning yesterday. Farmers are now on the clear that they can deliver their produce and they can be paid. I am assuring them that they will be paid within seven days of their deliveries. We have negotiated successfully in the last two days to get Kshs600 million to buy free seeds and free fertilizer for the resource ... view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Lastly, under this programme of purchase of grain from Eastern Province, we realized that Eastern Province does not have drying facilities. It also does not have a good network of National Cereals and Produce Board stores. Therefore, storage is a challenge in that area. With this scheme, we also have an inbuilt component for purchase of chemicals by the NCPB and by our officers so that farmers can be given adequate chemicals to spray on their produce so that we do not experience post-harvest losses. view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm that several hon. Members have written to me with respect to stores, including Mr. Mbadi. I also want to confirm that some hon. Members have even gone further to ask my Ministry to give them designs of how the stores should look like so that they can build them. I want to thank Mr. Polyns Achieng. He is among the hon. Members who have requested my Ministry to provide them with architectural drawings so that they can use CDF funds to build stores. This will make it easier for us to buy ... view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are currently working on a design which will be made available to all Members of Parliament. I want to persuade Mr. Mbadi that if he can use a little money to renovate the store, we will open it immediately. Going through the process of allocating money for purposes of renovation will take a while. We want to establish that partnership between the Ministry and Members of Parliament to assist farmers who are mainly our constituents in managing their produce, especially grains. view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Responding to Mr. Chepkitony, last year, we availed seeds to his constituency. I would have expected him to be grateful before asking this question. We will make available--- view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: We managed to negotiate in the last few days, a facility where we will target areas that experienced total crop failure for assistance to farmers who are resource poor with free seeds and fertilizers for at least an acre per farmer. It will not be possible for the Government to provide seeds and fertilizers for farmers who have 500 acres and 1,000 acres. Under this programme, we are targeting farmers who are resource poor. view
• 9 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the issue of AFC, I will make a comprehensive Statement tomorrow on a new model that we have established to manage the heavy loans that farmers have as we prepare to recommend to this House some of the facilities that we think merit write-off. Tomorrow, we will unveil a new programme by the AFC on how to manage loans that are given to farmers. I would rather that the hon. Member would wait until tomorrow for me to unveil that programme. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, subsequent to a request by the hon. Affey, I wish to make the following Ministerial Statement with respect to the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC), and the loan portfolio it currently dispenses on behalf of the Government. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, provision of agricultural credit is the core function of the AFC. Before 2003, the corporation was weighed down by a large portfolio of non- performing loans, and the Government approved a restructuring programme and an injection of funds aimed at resuscitating the institution. As a result of this injection of funds, the corporation resumed lending starting 16th May, 2003 with Schemes Nos. 16 and 17, which benefited small-scale and large-scale borrowers respectively. In June 2003, Scheme No.18, specifically targeted at livestock farmers, was launched in ranching areas; all these three schemes were funded by the Kenya ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Under this programme, the Government injected Kshs260 million yearly into the AFC for five years to enable it resume lending programmes, which had nearly stopped before then. In 2004, the corporation resumed lending under the seasonal crop credit. This was facilitated by Kshs769 million, which was obtained from the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA). This funding facilitated the establishment of a revolving fund, which has continued to fund programmes in the corporation to date. The AFC has given loans totaling Kshs3, 885,205,410 as of 31st October this year. Out of these developments, loans account for Kshs1.7 billion and seasonal credit ... view