H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a reason to make this Statement because it is important that the newspapers and the media houses correct that impression. If by miracle or mischief, some land has been allocated to a Mr. William Ruto and he does not exist, because it is not me, then that piece of land should either be returned to the ADC or be given to a deserving squatter. I do not qualify. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to present to this House the budget for the Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2009/2010. Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I want to say that the Ministry of Agriculture is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that there is sufficient food in the country, good incomes for our farmers, reduce hunger, reduce poverty--- view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- That The Speaker Do Now Leave the Chair. As I have said, the mission and mandate of my Ministry is to get this country to produce enough food, reduce hunger, eliminate poverty by enhancing incomes of our farmers and build our economy by availing more jobs through value addition and other value chain activities in the agricultural sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, vision 2030 identifies agriculture as a pillar to support the Vision 2030 Initiative. Under Vision 2030, we have undertaken to make agriculture profitable, commercially viable and internationally competitive. It was realized way ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just conclude in one minute. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: We have developed a mechanism where we are going to partner with seed companies, private farmers and agricultural training centres to develop this seed so that we can access it to farmers, for food production, especially in our ASALs. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me take this opportunity to thank hon. Members for the tremendous support they have given to the Ministry of Agriculture Vote. Let me single out the suggestions that have been made on the Floor of the House for increment of budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Agriculture. Let me underscore that if we want to grow this economy at 10 per cent, all we need to do is to grow the agricultural sector at 10 per cent. It is as simple as that. To be able to do that, we must invest human and ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the concerns of hon. Members on extension staff. It is true that in the past, before the advent of liberalization and structural adjustment programmes, we continually enhanced the level of personnel available for this exercise. I want to report to this House that we have adequate staff on view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view