H.E. William Ruto, EGH, EBS

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. That is exactly where I was coming to. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I now want to address the short-term issues. Tomorrow, I am taking a proposal to the Cabinet on various items. I am going to take a proposal to the Cabinet to:- (i) Increase the subsidy element so that we can buy additional maize or import if we cannot source locally and enhance the supply to our millers so that we can bring down the prices. (ii) Allow our millers to import additional grains once they have bought from farmers, if ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: I want to challenge anybody who has information, because I am also an interested party, to tell me how any Member of Parliament could have got a piece of paper from my office, or the Permanent Secretary or Assistant Ministers to go and claim maize anywhere. I am not aware that there are Members of Parliament who are millers. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a register of all millers registered under the National Cereals and Produce Act. I think it is correct and I welcome the suggesting by Members that the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the Public Investments ... view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very welcome move because we want to lift the agricultural sector to the next level. However, we cannot lift it if there are corrupt cartels in the Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have taken decisive steps to deal with the sugar cartels and fertilizer cartels. I will deal with any other cartel without fear. It is in the best interest of this country that we turn around the agricultural sector because it determines whether we grow this economy by double digits or we do not. The agricultural sector will determine ... view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me take this early opportunity, in a very humble way, to thank hon. Members for the demonstration of goodwill that they have shown to the Ministry of Agriculture. We have noted the various comments that hon. Members have made. We have noted the concerns of some of the specific areas that hon. Members have raised. I want to pledge to this House that we will look into those specific cases and attend to them. I want to ask hon. Members that, whenever they find time, to liaise with my Ministry so that we ... view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: 3150 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 29, 2008 view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Hon. Members have raised issues to do with irrigation. We have irrigation projects in Perkerra, Mwea, the Coast and Ahero but, unfortunately, because of the level of funding of the Ministry, we are unable to attend to those irrigation projects, and we cannot produce as much of our various food items as we should, because the Ministry is under-funded. The issue of subsidy is one that hon. Members have spoken about in this House. Unless we support our farmers, make farm inputs affordable and our farmers have confidence that the Government is going to enable them to access credit that ... view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: The ADC has also been revamped from a loss making parastatal now. Last year, it had a turnover of Kshs1.2 billion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) form 80 per cent of our country's land mass and we need a special programme to be able to bring these areas under economic food production. Under these areas, my Ministry is implementing a programme called the Orphaned Crop Programme (OCP). What we are doing here is that we are multiplying seed for what we are calling food security crops. We are talking here of sorghum, millet, common beans ... view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee of Supply do report to the House its consideration of the Resolution and its approval of the same without amendment. view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: October 29, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3165 view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee of Supply in the said Resolutions. view