Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I wish to second this Motion. I also wish to confirm to the House that the nominee is qualified both academically and career-wise. The nominee started his career in the military. He later joined NIS. We have now been requested to approve him to serve as Director-General for the Financial Reporting Centre. I wish to further confirm to the House that the Committee unanimously approved him--- view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I second and I ask the House to approve. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I wish to second this Motion of approval of a guarantee to Kenya Airways. It is in public knowledge, and information is available, that Kenya Airways has not been doing very well for the last three years. It has accumulated serious loses which are currently eating into their assets. Sometime back, Kenya woke up to the news that Kenya Airways had made a loss of Kshs25 billion. Arising from those challenges, we have interacted with the National Treasury, the Kenya Airways Board Chairman and the outgoing Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Both the Government and ... view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I wish to inform the House that where the Kenya Airways has reached, it is remaining with only three options. The first one is to liquidate through what we call ‘bankruptcy’. The second one is for the Government to inject money into the company and take back all the shares of the company through a process called ‘nationalisation of the carrier’ so that the Government becomes the sole shareholder. The third option, which has been agreed on, is what is called ‘solvent concession inter-conditional restructuring’, where all the stakeholders talk with each other and agree to restructure the balance sheet. ... view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: I wish to request the House that we consider and save Kenya Airways because it is our national carrier. It is our national pride. Without Kenya Airways, Kenya will lose some of the advantages it has in terms of making Kenya a business hub. I wish to inform the House that there is no money we are giving to Kenya Airways. We are only giving them a guarantee so that they can be able to get concessions in terms of increasing the period of repayment of an already existing loan and, therefore, save on the cash flow of the company. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I wish to request the House to strongly support this guarantee so that we restructure the balance sheet of Kenya Airways and make it fly high again. view
• 15 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House today Wednesday, 14th June 2017: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the Vetting for approval of Mr. Saitoti Kimerei Maika, nominee for the appointment as the Director General of the Financial Reporting Centre. Thank you. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the vetting for approval of Mr. Saitoti Kimerei Maika, nominee for the appointment as the Director General of the Financial Reporting Centre, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 14th June 2017 and pursuant to the provisions of Section 25 of the Proceeds of Crime and Anti- money Laundering Act, approves the appointment of Mr. Saitoti Kimerei Maika as the Director General of the Financial Reporting Centre. view
• 14 Jun 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended in Sub-Clause (2) by deleting the words ―in Article‖ appearing immediately before the expression ―27 and 32‖ and substituting therefor the words ―under Articles‖. This is a correction of the typographical errors. view