Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in proposed new subsection (7)- (a) by inserting the words “is a government to government loan and” immediately after the word “loan” appearing in paragraph (c). As I said earlier on, if we allow this direct payment of loans, there could be issues of accountability; my Committee discussed at length how to cure this apparent defect. When we engaged the Treasury and other stakeholders, we agreed that in many of the cases where government to government loans arise, they usually pay the contractors as they supply the services. ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Okay. In part (b) we are taking safeguards again. We are saying it is only those expenses that have been incurred to procure the loan and these are pre-negotiated expenses only. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Okay. In part (b) we are taking safeguards again. We are saying it is only those expenses that have been incurred to procure the loan and these are pre-negotiated expenses only. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of information, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of information, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to inform my very good friend, hon. Nyikal, that he can look at Clause 5 which amends Section 53 of the main Act; down there it says: “An external loan or external government security may be executed on behalf of the Government only by the Cabinet Secretary, a delegate appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, in writing; or a borrowing agent appointed for the purposes of this Act.” So, it is clear that nobody else can borrow, except the Cabinet Secretary or somebody appointed by him in writing, or a borrowing agent, as provided for ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to inform my very good friend, hon. Nyikal, that he can look at Clause 5 which amends Section 53 of the main Act; down there it says: “An external loan or external government security may be executed on behalf of the Government only by the Cabinet Secretary, a delegate appointed by the Cabinet Secretary, in writing; or a borrowing agent appointed for the purposes of this Act.” So, it is clear that nobody else can borrow, except the Cabinet Secretary or somebody appointed by him in writing, or a borrowing agent, as provided for ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: - THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new subsection (7)- (b) by deleting the words “expenses associated” and substituting therefor the words “pre-negotiated expenses initiated solely and exhaustively”. The Committee viewed this particular provision as an open-ended kind of expenses. We wanted to lock it up; we settled on the view that the expenses have to be pre-negotiated for that purpose only – not on any other expense that can be netted from the proceeds of the loan. Some Members asked: “Suppose we get a loan of ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: - THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended in the proposed new subsection (7)- (b) by deleting the words “expenses associated” and substituting therefor the words “pre-negotiated expenses initiated solely and exhaustively”. The Committee viewed this particular provision as an open-ended kind of expenses. We wanted to lock it up; we settled on the view that the expenses have to be pre-negotiated for that purpose only – not on any other expense that can be netted from the proceeds of the loan. Some Members asked: “Suppose we get a loan of ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended- (a) by deleting subparagraph (ii) appearing in paragraph (a); (b) by deleting paragraph (b). Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if the amendment to the original Bill goes through, the effect of it will be that where there is an amendment of the agreement of the loan, it will exceed the limits set by Parliament. The original amendment was saying that parliamentary approval is not necessary. It is the cardinal rule that Parliament must have the overall say over overall indebtedness of the country. Therefore, we ... view