28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
He is not in order. He is out of order. That is why I rose on a point of order, not a point of information. I would have stood on a point of information, and he would decide whether he wants me to inform him or not. My point of order is simple. Facts are very stubborn. The Leader of the Minority Party, with all due respect to him as a good accountant, knows for a fact that the syndicated loans that are being retired, whatever amount they are, are syndicated loans that went to Development Expenditure. Therefore, he is ...
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28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Indulge me to donate two minutes each to Hon. Savula and Hon. Janet Ong’era.
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28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
They had problems with their cards.
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28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me take this opportunity to thank all the Members who have contributed to this Motion, more so the chairs of other committees who availed time to be with us this afternoon. A lot has been said, and as a Committee, we appreciate all the valuable contributions that have been made in relation to this Report. In relation to some of the issues that Members have raised, it is good to note, and the Members who have gone through the Report will agree, that some of them are covered in our recommendations, for instance ...
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28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
this country’s external debt, all projects earmarked for development through commercial borrowing should be captured in the final Budget for 2018/2019 to ensure transparency. In terms of execution of donor-funded projects, there is need to amend the Public Finance Management Act. It is a role of this House to ensure that it approves all projects financed through external borrowing. That will be a step in the right direction in terms of making sure that all such projects come to this House. I challenge the Chair of the Committee on Implementation to follow through with the recommendations of this House because ...
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28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
a 4.5 per cent growth in the years 2008 to 2012 and 5.2 per cent in the period between 2002 to 2007. It is good to temper that with realism and that is what a lot of Members have expressed concern about. If our economy is agri-based, then we either put agriculture right or tweak our economy not to depend so much on agriculture if it will remain to be rain-fed. We must, however, also appreciate the effort the Government has made. There are a lot of resources going into development of mega dams to make sure that we move ...
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27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: The Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on adoption of the Budget Policy Statement and the Debt Management Strategy for 2018/2019 and the Medium-Term.
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27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee on the Budget Policy Statement and the Debt Management Strategy for 2018/2019 and the Medium- Term, laid on the Table of the House on 27th February 2018. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for noticing me. I had struggled for you to notice me on the issue of the Judiciary. Since that is long gone, let me contribute on roads, even on those that lead to the Judiciary.
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27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly:
Let me first take this opportunity to thank and congratulate the Chair and the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing for the enormous work that they put in reviewing this Bill. I know Hon. Pkosing and his Committee put in a lot of hours and work. Indeed, I must congratulate them because it the first departmental Committee in the 12th Parliament, Second Session, to table a report before this House for a substantive Bill to be debated.
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