Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addressing Kiambu town residents on Wednesday evening
By Felix Njenga
Worth Noting:
- “I thank Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba who intervened in the leadership of the cooperative societies which ended up having young people being elected to run the societies and we have started seeing fruits of good rates here in Githunguri,” he said.
- He told the leadership in cooperative societies that once the government pays up their debts they should not go again borrowing loans to run their activities.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on the national parliament to fast track the cooperative bill to become law so that there will be people of integrity of running the cooperative societies in the country.
“The problem that we have on matters such as coffee tea, dairy milk and other cash crops is governance in our societies. I want to call upon our members of parliament and senators to take keen interest in the persons who are elected to lead our cooperative societies,” he said.
Gachagua was speaking in Kiambu town after making an impromptu stopover after attending a burial ceremony in Githunguri subcounty on Wednesday.
He said that societies should be run by people who are young and educated as they hold the future of running societies.
“I thank Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba who intervened in the leadership of the cooperative societies which ended up having young people being elected to run the societies and we have started seeing fruits of good rates here in Githunguri,” he said.
He told the leadership in cooperative societies that once the government pays up their debts they should not go again borrowing loans to run their activities.
He said that in the New KCC, the government has ensured that milk be paid Sh53 per litre where Sh3 will go to operations and Sh50 to be paid to farmers.
He added that there has been a governance challenge at the KCC where four board of directors have been sacked and has advertised for the position of CEO of the organisation.
He said in the Tea sector there will be elections of KTDA board members.
“There is a lot of tea in the port of Mombasa which has stagnated there. On Tuesday I will go there to find out what the problem is,” he said.
He said that the ambassadors have been instructed to look for markets of tea and coffee in the countries they have been posted to.
“We have shifted our diplomatic approach to commercial diplomacy,” he said.
Aaron Cheruiyot senator Kirochor county and leader of majority senate said that the country cannot develop when its farmers continue to suffer with low returns of their produce.
Cheruiyot called on the DP to ensure that the promises made to farmers are fulfilled and the money set aside for farmers not to be diverted to other projects so that the farmers can have money in their pockets.
He called on DP to push for the market of tea and coffee as farmers depend on it to eke a living.
The Githunguri MP said that there is a lot of tea and coffee in Mt Kenya but their biggest challenge as farmers is lack of market.
“We have fought for farmers to have their produce, have a market and have money in their pockets. Our factories have been mismanaged and I have also fought for good governance so that money can return to the factories,” she said.
James Gakuya Embakasi North MP called on the DP to protect farmers so that they can be able to get good returns for their produce urging him to ensure that monies set aside for farmers and was incorporated in the budget be returned so that farmers issues can be solved.
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