Hon Francis Kuria Kimani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this debate. This is the second last Budget of the 12th Parliament. As we debate about the Kshs3.03 trillion Budget, out of which Kshs1.29 trillion is on recurrent, there are several fundamental questions that we must ask ourselves as a Parliament and as a country. The President gave a directive on this elephant called pending bills. One of the reasons why we are opposed to Government doing domestic borrowing is because that domestic borrowing crowds out other borrowers that may want to borrow from ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I have often said that Kenyans are not afraid and do not refuse to pay taxes. Kenyans are not even afraid of taking loans, but we are afraid of what this money gets to do. So, as long as the rubber meets the road and that money is put in the right choice and these great plans that we have put up are done and done properly and on time, you will not hear any uproar when taxes are increased or when that borrowing is increased. We tried to address several issues in our report, especially on the issue of ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: women, young people or our old people programme, let them be under one state department. Let them have one funding, so that we can even benefit from the economies of scale. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In our Report, we have emphasized and reallocated money to the need of funding capitation to private universities. As we speak, the students that did their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education a few months ago will get admission letters to the universities. They do not choose whether they want to go to a public university or a private one. So, for those students who are admitted at Strathmore University, Daystar University, or at whichever university in this country, the money for their capitation must be released and released on time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have even been able to ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Lastly, we cannot have a budget that does not allocate money for emergencies. We cannot have people doing harambees when people drown because of floods. We must allocate money for emergencies so that we are able to take care of them when they happen in this country. With that, I support. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Mheshimiwa Spika, mimi ni Kimani Francis Kuria Mbunge wa Eneo Bunge la Molo, Nakuru County. Napiga kura ya ndio. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to add my voice to the debate on the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2021. This Bill seeks to address the issues of ease of doing business. The report on the ease of doing business raised last year shows Kenya to be number 120 out of 190. That is dismal performance considering that we have prided ourselves in being one of the best countries in Africa in terms of ease of doing business. Research has shown that entrepreneurs in low income countries spend 50 per cent of their per ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: COVID-19 has shown us that you do not need to physically meet to pass a resolution. Therefore, our amending the Companies Act to allow hybrid of virtual meetings to be part of statutory meetings will be a step in the right direction. It has been said here that if someone owes you money in a business transaction, the easy thing to do is to go to court and it will take you five years to get that payment. The amendment of the law to allow a maximum of 60 days injunction of small cases is a step in the right ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: In as much as the national Government may do their part, county governments will still let us down. Another example is the health certificate. If you just open a small business of washing cars, then your county government will require you to get a health certificate. For what? Do you need a health certificate to clean a car? These are some of the weird, absurd levies and conditions that our county governments are imposing on our business people. So, in as much as we are saying that by passing these amendments, they will ensure ease of doing business, our county ... view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to the Supplementary Appropriation Bill of 2021. This Supplementary Appropriation Bill seeks authority to disburse Kshs125.16 billion out of the Consolidated Fund towards services provided by the Government for the year ending June 2021. I was asking myself why we are here for the Supplementary Budget. Why are the expenses whose distribution we want approved in the Supplementary Budget not there in the main Budget? The biggest reason we were given as the Budget and Appropriations Committee was poor revenue performance due to the COVID-19 ... view