Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House notes the Progress Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on its consideration of the Economic Partnership Agreement intended to be comprehensively entered between the Partner States of the East African Community (EAC) on the one hand, and the European Union and its Member States on the other hand, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 (Morning Sitting), and in furtherance to the provisions of Article 2(6) of the Constitution and in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of ... view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I draw the attention of this House to this very important exercise. I want Members to listen to the Motion so that we participate in it. view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had sought your permission through the Clerks. Maybe, the message was still on the way but, I have noted your guidance. view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I draw the attention of this House to the importance of this Motion which is for the ratification of the Economic Partnership between the East African Community (EAC), Kenya in particular, and the European Union (EU) countries. This is a very important exercise. I request Members to remain until we vote on this Motion because the employment of 4 million Kenyans and investments worth Kshs200 billion will be at stake if we do not conclude this Motion today. So, the Motion is very important to our country. view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Further, we are in this process courtesy of Article 2 (6) of our Constitution, 2010 and, of course, the Treaty Making and Ratification Act of 2012, which requires that all agreements or treaties entered between the Executive and other countries, should be ratified by the National Assembly. The economic partnership has already been agreed to by the Executive and has been approved by the Cabinet. So, what remains is ratification by this House and it is the reason we are here today. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report ... view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Let me give the House a brief background. Trade between Kenya and the EU for the last 30 years--- view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: For the comfort of the Member, I would want to inform him that the report that we are noting is for information; that we are informed of the deliberations. The substantive Motion is for the ratification of EPAs and the Report of the Committee is for the information of the House. This House, at the end of the day, can adopt, amend or reject the Report of the Committee. The substantive Motion which we are discussing here is the ratification of EPAs. The trade between Kenya and the EU for the last 30 years up to 31st December, 2007 was ... view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: lose as from 1st October, 2016. That was the deadline that was given to rally the other East African Community countries to ratify the process. How will we lose? Maybe, that is the question which Members are asking. Kenya, as I have said, was given up to 30th September, 2016. After 1st October 2016, all exports to the EU market, and they are major--- About 22 per cent of our export business are to the EU. From 1st October 2016, if we do not show willingness and goodwill to ratify the treaty, all our exports to the EU which stand ... view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Since I know the Leader of the Majority Party will second the Motion, and we have also agreed that Members will remain so that they debate it, I do not want to finish all the points. There are fears that once we enter into this agreement, Kenya will be locked into it. I want to inform the House that there are clauses in the agreement that provide for a situation whereby we can decide not to proceed with the agreement. If we decide to amend some sections, having found them to be detrimental, there is the amendment clause which provides ... view
• 20 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: execution clause; good governance in the tax area and the Turkey Clause; unless restrictive rules of origin were resolved in favour of the East African Community (EAC). Kenya and Rwanda have already signed the agreement and we are just finalising the process. Uganda is in agreement but in the spirit of the EAC, they want to bring the Tanzanians on board. Kenya, being a special country in terms of development status, is treated differently by the EU. Therefore, this ratification process is crucial for us to continue trading with the EU, as I have already said. I recommend very strongly ... view