H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. On the issues that were raised by Mr. Yusuf Chanzu, about the huge overheads, we have brought on board transaction advisors to advise Government on what needs to be done to make this industry efficient: What loans need to be written off, what loans need to be turned into equity, how much shareholding should remain in the hands of Government, how much shareholding should go into the private sector, et cetera . All this will be done in consultation with the Government and the Privatisation Commission. In fact, we have asked the Privatisation ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Lastly, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on issues of dumping, I want to assure this House that in the last one year, we have blocked all avenues of dumping goods into the country. As a result, the sugar cane farmer today is being paid Kshs3, 200 per tonne in Western Kenya as opposed to Kshs2, 500 that they were being paid earlier. In response to the issues raised by Mr. Washiali, I would also like to say that the Government has already directed that beginning 1st January next year, sugar cane will be weighed at the farm gate as opposed ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what my Assistant Minister has said is true. Hon. Ndambuki, who was supposed to answer this Question, is not feeling well. Hon. K. Kilonzo, in fact, has been to the hospital to see him. So, he can also confirm that, indeed, hon. Ndambuki is not feeling well. But I can go ahead and answer the Question. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I want to seek the indulgence of this House and apologize for not being here yesterday to answer this Question. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) During the last planting season in October, 2008, 1,718 50-kilogramme bags of fertilizer were available to Mutito Constituency farmers through the various stockists in Kitui and Mutito markets. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: (b) My Ministry has allocated 5,000 bags of DAP fertilizer for planting to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) Depot in Kitui and Mutito sub-depot for the next planting season. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: I want to add that because of the nature of the rains in that region, we did not put Kitui District under the programme on free fertilizer because it was intended for the production of maize. But we are considering putting Kitui under that programme during the coming season under other crops, and not necessarily maize. That is because there is insufficient rain to produce maize in that region. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we found out that many of what were originally sub-depots had been underused because the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) had really gone down over the years. We had to rehabilitate many of them. In the process of rehabilitation, if we realized it was going to take long, therefore, we decided to contract some dealers. These dealers were able to facilitate the availability of fertilizers in areas nearer to the farmers as we engaged in the exercise of rehabilitating our sub-depots which were there before, but which had been run down. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason behind the supply of free fertilizer to farmers is the need to deal with the food deficit situation in the country. This year because of the problems we had with food production, we decided that we will identify farmers in areas where we are sure that there will be a good chance of producing and getting a harvest. Those are the farmers we went for. We are talking of farmers who are identified from the grassroots level; either single-headed families or farmers who are poor. We are using Farmers Stakeholder Forums in every location ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it looks skewed because in areas where we were unsure of a harvest, we did not include them in this programme. I have said here that we are looking at other crops such as cassava, sorghum and millets. We want to bring these crops under this programme next year, so that farmers in the drier parts of the country can also come on board in the free fertilizer for food production. We are identifying farmers view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Agriculture, under my leadership, is thinking outside the box. In fact, in June this year, we will supply free seeds and fertilizer to farmers in the Tana Delta. That understanding is already there between my Ministry and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. I was in the Tana Delta and I made that commitment. In June, 1,600 farmers will get free seeds and fertilizers. A part from that, I have walked out of a meeting this morning with the Minister for Water and Irrigation, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and ... view