Wycliffe Oparanya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 461 to 472 of 472.

• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not attacking coffee and tea farmers. I am comparing them to sugar-cane farmers. The debts in those sub-sectors were written off. I am also saying that debts in the sugar industry should be written off without the Minister wasting time to bring Papers which will take years! view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has said that shareholders in western Kenya have off-loaded their shares. They are not doing it willingly. They are doing it as a result of poverty. A lot of money was paid as bonuses, but it did not reach the farmers. If you compare that with coffee and tea, bonus is paid on quantity delivered. We are saying that the same practice should apply to the sugar industry. Farmers should be paid bonuses depending on the quantity of sugar-cane delivered to factories, and not shareholding. That is what is happening everywhere. Mr. Temporary ... view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Reports of the Third and Fourth Sessions of the Pan- African Parliament of the African Union held on 29th March, 2005 to 11th April, 2005 and 21st November, 2005 to 2nd December, 2005, respectively, in Midrand, South Africa, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 6th April, 2006. view
• 6 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to say that this House allocates funds while it is the Ministry which makes a provision and the House just approves? view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Health:- (a) whether she is aware that treatment facilities at the Butere/Mumias District Hospital are inadequate and cannot cope with the demand for services; and, (b) when she will expand the existing facilities from those of a health centre to those of a district hospital. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to the Assistant Minister, he should note that when we ask Questions in this House, they should be taken seriously. This is because these are issues that affect the people we represent in this Parliament. I asked the same Question a year ago and the answer I got was quite comprehensive. I was promised that quite a number of projects would be undertaken. This is because the hospital has no X-ray machine and mortuary. It does not have enough wards. It has shortage of staff and water. I was promised last year that ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry that the Assistant Minister is unable to keep his records. I have a copy of last year's answer which I will pass on to him. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had not finished my question when Mr. Wanjala interrupted me. I think he is missing the Back Bench. I am sorry that the Assistant Minister might not have a copy of the answer to the Question I asked last year. I will be glad to pass it to him. In that answer, they promised to provide water to the hospital. In addition, Kshs50 million was going to be provided to the hospital. I would like to know why a borehole which was tendered for has not been sunk up to now. I would also like to ... view
• 4 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, noting that COMESA's four-year safeguard measures affecting the local sugar industry expire on 29th February, 2008 and that the sugar industry shall be liberalised thereafter; this House urges the Government to eliminate taxes affecting the sugar industry and put structures in place that will improve the fields of cane plant and efficiency in the local sugar milling factories in order to enable locally produced sugar to compete favourably with imported sugar for the benefit of the sugarcane farmers. view
• 29 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yesterday I commented on the sugar industry to which the President alluded in his Speech, that a Sessional Paper will be brought to this House to discuss the sugar industry. The sugar industry supports about 6 million people and employs 250 people directly and indirectly. That Sessional Paper that the Government intends to March 29, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 151 bring to this House is too late. It should have been brought to the House long time ago. However, farmers have suffered. Their income has been reducing, year in, year out. Farmers have been crying about ... view
• 28 Mar 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to contribute to the Presidential Speech. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you know, this country depends on agriculture. About 70 per cent of our population depends on agriculture. Sugar-cane is grown in my constituency. The President mentioned that a Sessional Paper will be brought to this House to revive the sugar industry. It is now too late! The Government has been in power for the last three years. The sugar industry supports 6 million Kenyans. It also employs 250,000 people directly and indirectly. view