Kisii County MP Hon Dorice Donya (@DonyaDorice) passionately speaks about the plight of tea farmers in Kisii region earning way less than their counterparts from other regions.
Kangema Constituency MP Hon. Irungu Kihungi has petitioned the House, through the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, to address and resolve disparities in tea prices and farmers’ earnings across the Country’s tea growing areas.
Hon. Stephen Mogaka, (@stephenmogaka_ ) MP, West Mugirango highlights the disparity in fertilizer quality as a possible contributor to variances in the quality of Tea produced by different regions, urges for equity in farmers’ support.
Runyenjes MP Hon. Karemba Muchangi (@HonKaremba) has challenged the Agriculture Committee and MPs from other regions to undertake expansive regional benchmarking visits of the tea growing areas to better understand the cause of disparities in quality and pricing
House Speaker Hon. (Dr.) Moses Wetang’ula (@HonWetangula) directs the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education Hon. Julius Melly (@HonJKMelly) to address concerns by members of the public and teachers on Junior Secondary Schools being domiciled in Primary School premises.
Speaker Wetang’ula has expressed concern with the fact that Primary schools do not have the capacity or personnel to handle public resources, and challenged the Chairperson Hon. Melly to work with the Ministry of Education (@EduMinKenya) to ensure that the most critical aspects of JSS are handled by qualified personnel.
Among the Speaker’s fears is the possible misappropriation of Capitation funds which he says are currently being sent to Primary Schools.
Stop Schools’ Audit visits during National Exams
Emuhaya Constituency MP Hon. Omboko Milemba has raised concerns with parallel audit of Schools by three entities during this examination period, seeks a halt to the exercise that he says is a distraction to School Heads, and a threat to the sanctity of the examination process.
Questions on KFS Helicopter crash
Kericho County MP Hon. Beatrice Kemei
raises concerns with the safety of Kenya Forest Service helicopters, seeks answers on cause of the crash of one on October 12th, at the Kericho Gold Club with passengers on board, including the Environment PS
Mandera South MP Hon. Abdul Haro (@abduhar) seeks a statement regarding the boundary dispute in Malbe area of the Mandera and Wajir border. He says this issue dating back to 2014 poses a major insecurity concern.
Tarbaj Constituency MP Hon. Hussein Abdi Barre (@HusseinAbdiBare) comments on the Malbe area dispute, echoing Hon. Haro’s sentiments on the need to declare the administrative location of the disputed grazing land .
Hon. Ahmed Maalim Hassan , MP Banisa Constituency, adds his voice the calls for clear demarcation of Malbe to avert possible future politicization of the boundary dispute between Wajir and Mandera counties.