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Sen. Kivuti Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I had already finished reading the Statement yesterday. We were waiting for Sen. Musila to intervene.

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Sen. Kivutioffice will also endorse that recommendation.What was your point of order, Sen. Ntutu?

Order Senators! I am reading the Chairperson loud and clear. That recommendation agrees with the proposal by Sen. Musila that no title December 3, 2014 SENATE DEBATES

Sen. Kivuti Thank you, Mr. speaker, Sir, I will try to do that knowing that he was aware that he was supposed to give this answer. The answer should be somewhere. I will attempt to get him to know that the answer is required in the House. Sen. (Prof.) Lesan,...

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- December 2, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. KivutiTHAT, pursuant to Standing Order No.30 (3) (b), the Senate resolves to meet on Wednesday, 3rd December, 2014 at 9.30 a.m. to transact...

Sen. Kivuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are issues listed on the Order Paper for me to respond to. To save the time of the House, three of them do not require an immediate answer. The first one on IDPs in Nyandarua, we checked our records and do not...

Sen. Kivuti On the statement by Sen. Musila, so as to save time, instead of reading the entire document, I will go to the observations that were made by the Committee. I would like to report to the House that following the question by Sen. Musila, we had a sitting...

Sen. Kivuti The Committee requests the Senate;

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Sen. Kivuti Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in reaction to that information which I welcome, unfortunately when somebody is giving you information to make a case against the case you are trying to make, then it is not very useful information despite the fact that he is my leader. It cannot...

Sen. Kivuti Sen. Wetangula, it is your Committee that will make sure that such a Motion is on the Order Paper. I do not see why you are preempting that here. As far as this Chair is concerned, we are discussing a matter of either sitting tomorrow from 9.30a.m or...

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am a little concerned, as we are discussing whether we should sit tomorrow morning, the hon. Senators are busy walking out. Likewise, as we were voting, Members were busy walking. Would I, therefore, be in order to suggest that if we are going...

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Senate Majority Leader, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- December 2, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Kivutiresolves to meet on Wednesday, 3rd December, 2014 at 9.30 a.m. to transact business.

Sen. Kivuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There are issues listed on the Order Paper for me to respond to. To save the time of the House, three of them do not require an immediate answer. The first one on IDPs in Nyandarua, we checked our records and do not...

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Sen. KivutiYes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I notice that Sen. Okong’o is not here now.Sen. Chris Obure is present, because this question was asked by two---Sen. Obure, you are holding brief for Sen. Okong’o?The question touches on Kisii and the distinguished Sen. Ong’era is also present. Two Senators from the...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had actually put an intervention because the Speaker has ruled earlier that any statement becomes the property of the House. That is the matter of procedure. Apart from practice, it is mandatory for Chairpersons to give the written statements prior to reading them...

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate. A Report on the Ministerial Statement on Masongaleni Settlement Scheme in Makueni County. (Sen. Kivuti laid the document on the Table)

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have another Paper to lay, but now that Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. has raised the issue of what is contained in the Paper, I would request that he be given time to interrogate it because the recommendations therein touch on the investigations that...

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the committee is engaged in another matter in Naivasha on Tuesday. Therefore, I would request the Chair to give us an alternative date within the week. October 30, 2014 SENATE DEBATES Sen. KivutiThe Clerk’s office will note that and it will come up when...

Sen. Kivuti Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. REPORT ON CHEPCHOINA SETTLEMENT SCHEME IN TRANS NZOIA COUNTY Sen. Kivuti Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate. A Report on the Ministerial Statement on Chepchoina Settlement Scheme in Trans Nzoia County. (Sen....

Sen. Kivuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am supposed to give a statement on the proposed allocation of land at Kanyanyooni in Kitui County to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) . I do not know whether you want me to proceed given the fact that the Senator for Kitui...

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Sen. Kivuti On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to draw your attention to the fact that since the Senators are very committed in Committees and elsewhere, they have started walking out of the Chamber. Given that we are due for a Division, could you consider...

Sen. Kivuti Most obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir. (Statement deferred)

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Sen. Kivuti On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Order, Sen. Obure! I cannot see your intervention on the screen.

Sen. Kivuti On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Thank you for allowing me. Since this screen was put there for us, we have noticed the numbers build then they started dropping again. There is a possibility that somebody might have fiddled with the button. For that reason,...

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Sen. Kivuti Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House. The Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources on the study tour of Spain, held between 28th March, 2014 and 6th April, 2014. (Sen. Kivuti laid the document...

Sen. Kivuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Kivuti Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources on the study tour of Spain, held between 28th March, 2014 and 6th April, 2014, laid on the Table of...

Sen. Kivuti Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I stand to respond to a Statement sought by the Senator for Kisii, Sen. Chris Obure, on 17th June, 2014, in respect to maize disease. In the Statement, the following were sought:- OUTBREAK OF MAIZE DISEASE IN NAROK, BOMET, KERICHO, NYAMIRA, KISII AND...

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hectares of the second season maize crop. The effects of the disease were sudden, devastating and could not be explained.Mr. Speaker, Sir, after laboratory tests in 2012, it was revealed that there were infestations of a combination of viruses; one, maize chlorotic mortal virus and, two, sugarcane mosaic virus. The...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try to summarise it.

Please, do so.

Mr. Speaker, Sir, due to premature death of plants and rotting of any grains that maybe harvested, the disease impacts negatively in terms of national food security--- I am assuming the Member has a copy?

Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what are the urgent steps that the Ministry has put in place to contain the threat? In respect to the outbreak, the Ministry has put in place a multi- disciplinary technical team of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, research institutions and...

and so forth. These are experiments to try to find out how to deal with the disease. Number six is treatment of disease and also, seven, capacity building and screening of seeds and surveillance. Number eight is that the Ministry was also reviewing crop protection law to strengthen enforcement of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I want to thank the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Members of the Committee of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for the effort made to provide the answer within the time promised. However, a number of measures have been enumerated on what steps have...

take to provide some kind of relief to those farmers? The answer given here is that, yes, there is subsidized fertilizer and seeds being given; but we also know that this is a programme for all the farmers in the country. I wanted to know what specific relief measures are...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir. I wish to seek clarification. I come from Bomet County where this maize disease has been a disaster in the last planting seasons. The main question that farmers are asking on the ground, which has not been given adequate response, is why the issue has...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I would like to congratulate my Chairman for that statement. As I congratulate him, I want him to take note of the fact that it has taken too long for the Government to come up with chemicals to eradicate this disease. There...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, the situation upcountry is abhorring. There has been total crop failure in Migori County which, hitherto, has been a bread basket for Nyanza and the rest of the country. The interesting scenario is that as you cross Isebania to the Tanzanian side, there is a bumper harvest...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to thank the Senators who have raised the issues that are very important since they impact on the food security of our people. I may not have read everything but the Report on the disease is affecting all counties including Kisii County. July...