H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 351 to 360 of 478.

• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Also, millers and any other businessmen are allowed to buy from farmers. To ensure that the view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4514 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 28, 2009 view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: price of flour does not escalate, the Government will absorb, in terms of subsidies, the extra money that will be paid to the farmers, just the same way we are harbouring subsidies for maize that is imported from abroad--- view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House requested a Ministerial Statement on maize and the current food situation in the country. I beg to present the same. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The country is currently facing very serious food shortage, especially of maize which is the main staple food. Approximately 10 million people are now food insecure and a large proportion of them will have to rely on famine relief. This problem has been compounded by a total crop failure in the eastern part of our country in the last two months. The current food situation is one of the severest in the last ten years. This situation is attributed to a combination of factors that include poor long and short rains in 2008; unprecedented high food and fuel prices; effects ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I respond to those clarifications first? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I thought that I should respond to those ones Ja nuary 22, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when this issue came up about two months ago, I presented a comprehensive list, and I have updated that list to include all sales until January. The list is here and it includes everybody who bought maize from the NCPB, including individuals. I invite hon. Members to go through the list, and if they have any queries, I will be willing to come back and shed more light on the matter. I want to state that, as the Minister for Agriculture, working in consultation with the Minister of State for Special Programmes--- view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I will do that, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the list contains about 3,000 companies. view