Yegon Brighton Leonard

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• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is also a developing story. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am presenting Public Petition No.27 of 2020 regarding historical land injustices in Chepchabas area in Bomet and Kericho counties. I, Hon. Brighton, on behalf of the people of Chepchabas area in Bomet and Kericho counties, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, commencing from 1925, the African Highlands Produce Company (AHPC) which is a subsidiary of Muir Finlay which is now operating as James Finlay Kenya, and belonging to the Swire Group, started appropriating land in various stages from the Kipsigis community for expansion of the tea holdings; The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: THAT, the said land appropriation led to the banning of huts, scattering of livestock and destruction of granaries with the assistance of the colonial government in total disregard of the local people’s rights of occupancy, possession and ownership; THAT, under the Resident Labourers Ordinance of 1937, the local Kipsigis people were systematically moved and settled into various estates as squatter labourers whereby every resident aged over 16 years was compelled to sign contracts having restrictive terms in order to remain in the land and provide labour for the estates; THAT, most of the people living in the adjacent villages of ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: society and whether each squatter got land that they paid for and orders that the said land be given unconditionally, if found not to have been duly granted; (iii) recommends that, where possible, James Finlay Kenya Limited grants Chepchabas squatters pre-emptive rights in any future land dealings; (iv) recommends, where possible, that James Finlay Kenya Limited shares profits with Chepchabas squatters proportionately for the number of years the firm has utilised the land; and, (v) makes any other appropriate recommendation it deems fit in addressing the circumstance raised in this Petition. Your petitioners shall ever pray. Thank you so much, ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First of all, agriculture is the backbone of this country and coffee brings foreign exchange earning to this country. We have seen this industry thriving before but at the moment it is nosediving. That is why we need to look into what is making this industry to go down. view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The problems the coffee industry is facing are similar to the ones the tea industry is facing. The genesis of the problems the Coffee Research Institute is facing are due to lack of funding. This is similar to the problems that the Tea Research Institute among other research institutes are facing and that is why there are many concerns. One of the concerns is that the last variety of coffee released by the Coffee Research Institute as in 2010. Since then there has been no new variety in the market. This is a cause of real concern especially to farmers ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support the Tea Bill (Senate Bill No.36 of 2018). It is for the prime purpose that agriculture is the mainstay of Kenya’s economy. Two, tea is the first foreign income earner among the crops that we have in Kenya. Three, in my constituency, 80 per cent of the economy and livelihood is pegged on tea. We grow tea almost in every part of my constituency. The lives of more than 600,000 small holder tea farmers in my constituency are touched, especially those under the KTDA. Talk of Chepchabas, Embomos, ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Kingdom (UK) and other overseas countries. This is important for the Kenya Tea Board, so that it can market, brand and blend our tea to international standards. Establishment of AFA was a bad idea. It was a big mistake. The AFA lumped up all the scheduled crops. If you talk of crops like pyrethrum, tea, coffee, rice and sugar, you will find that their value is different. That is why some scheduled crops are performing poorly in the market. For example, if you talk of sugar, you will find that the sugar industry has collapsed. I believe AFA is the ... view
• 5 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.42A, I would like to ask the following Question… view
• 5 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.42(a) (5), I would like to ask the following Question to the Cabinet Secretary for the Interior and Coordination of National Government: (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the circumstances that led to the disappearance of one Caleb Kiplangat, a first year Mechanical Engineering student at Technical University of Mombasa (Registration Number BSME/252J/2019), on or about 11th October 2019 and subsequent death on 17th October 2019, after his body was found at Junda Beach Kisauni in Mombasa? (ii) What is the status of investigations into the cause ... view