H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Let me conclude--- view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: That is exactly what I am doing. That is the reason why I was responding as to why we are paying a higher price. We are paying a higher price because we have no choice. This maize has to be brought in from outside and we cannot get it otherwise. If we decide to liberalise the market and buy maize from farmers at Kshs2,500 per sack, the net effect is that the price of flour and the inflation will go up. Do we really want to drive the price of flour to levels that the ordinary people in this country ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good that hon. Members have brought this question to this House so that we can set the record straight. This will ensure that this debate on the sale of maize can be conducted on the basis of facts and not rumours. The NCPB has not lost the maize that Mr. Mututho said has disappeared. One hundred thousand bags of maize is 500 lorries. It cannot disappear. How can 500 lorries disappear? Let us face the facts. The reality of the matter is that no single bag of maize has been lost. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: We went slow on the flour project because we experienced problems in the distribution. We needed to involve the private sector to make the distribution network more efficient and reach further places. That process is still ongoing. It will take time before flour is available in many parts of the country. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the strategic grain reserve we Ja nuary 22, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware whether the Milling Corporation of Kenya has closed shop or whether it is still there. I do not have any information whether it was allocated any maize. If it was allocated, the list is long. Mr. Kioni will have time to peruse through it. If they were in the list, they were allocated maize and they have closed shop, then the necessary course of justice will take place. That is why we have called in the investigators. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I really want to pursued Members of Parliament on this matter. This is a very serious matter. The nature of this guarantee is that we will get this maize between April and May, 2009, if we get our papers right now. We are competing with other countries for this maize. If we lose this opportunity, what it would mean is that we will have to go through our own Budget, suspend services that we would have had to give to Kenyans to be able to feed the nation, because there is no way we are ... view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: They have an interest in ensuring that this particular exercise is done above board. I have listened carefully to the remarks that have been made by hon. Members. I want to assure this House that we will take necessary administrative, managerial structural changes of the NCPB, in line with what the hon. Members have said here. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have never given that assurance to this House before. I want to give this House that assurance now. We will ensure that the NCPB, not only appropriates its mandate and understands what it is supposed to do, but we also give it the necessary capacity for it to discharge that mandate. We have had problems with the NCPB. We have had under-performance of the NCPB. I want to admit that there has been an issue, and we are going to take action. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: I want to plead with hon. Members of this House that we pass this guarantee because of the time constraint and the competition for the money that we have with other countries, and because of the time limits that have been imposed on this guarantee. I want this House to hold to account if there will be no management changes at the NCPB. view