Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the question is not being answered there. If in 2006/2007 the volume of the crude oil that is lifted is more than what was lifted in 2004/2005, naturally, unless someone reduced the rates that were used in this particular year, the amount that you actually get in terms of money should be more in 2006/2007. That is the point we need to know. view
• 11 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In recent weeks, the Assistant Ministers have been complaining that they are not being assigned executive duties or responsibilities, which they believe they should be given. Could the Attorney-General tell this House whether Ministers and Assistant Ministers have an executive role or whether they have, merely, a non-executive role such as policy-making? There is a lot of concern by the Assistant Ministers. view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Government has expressed satisfaction with CDF several times. That has been included in statements by the Head of State and many other Government officials. They have said that, indeed, CDF is transforming the lives of Kenyans. If that is the case, could this Government consider, as a matter of policy, to actually increase the CDF beyond 5 per cent, so that we can carry out infrastructural development, reduce poverty and benefit this country? view
• 4 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Assistant Minister is avoiding the question. I think the basic premise of this question is, why in the first place would your Ministry allow Kshs400 million from CDF to be transferred to the Ministry of Education's bursary scheme? I think that is the main question. Then it becomes a habit. I think it is 2220 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 4, 2007 not a question of whether you will finance it this year or not. Why would you get into that habit? view
• 19 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Budget as we all know, represents the foremost Government policy document. In this regard, therefore, many of us expected that it will deal with some of the fundamental issues that are affecting the country or that are of concern to this country at the moment. We expected the speech to deal with issues with regard to, for example, the constitutional review process, the upcoming General Elections and concerns raised by hon. Members on this side about the free and fairness of the coming elections. We expected it to deal with corruption, insecurity and so-forth, ... view
• 19 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, those berries are poisonous and yet, we can come here and say we are doing very well! If you look at the document that was published by the Minister, it says that there are pockets of poverty. We cannot talk about pockets of poverty. I come from a region that is not a pocket! The Economic Survey shows that the average poverty in the entire North Eastern Province is 74 per cent. It has increased from 58 per cent in 1997. Under the watch of this regime, it has shot up to 74 per cent. If you ... view
• 19 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, transportation and construction sectors are all important. The construction sector that the Minister talked about and he said 1,000 dispensaries have been put up and so forth, and this is largely due to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). I would be appealing to the Minister to allow us to have an increase in CDF, so that we can have more constructions in the rural areas. The more there is activity in the rural areas, the more it will trickle down to the wananchi . view
• 19 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister was definitely giving his last Budget. He, therefore, 1870 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 19, 2007 made sure that it was very ambitious. We have a Budget where spending far outstrips receipts! The total spending is about Kshs700 billion, yet, the total receipts from revenue, including the Appropriations-In-Aid (A-in-A), is only Kshs428 billion. That leaves a difference of Kshs260 billion. I am saying that one third of this ambitious expenditure, that is included in this Budget, will be financed through empty wallets. It is not money the Minister has received through revenue, but it is the ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have said a number of times that this is one Ministry that is really not performing and has let down the livestock farmers, particularly in the pastoralist areas. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, seven months before the outbreak of Rift Valley Fever last year, this Ministry was alerted and it did nothing until thousands of animals and people died. Today, animals, particularly camels, are dying in their thousands in Mandera, Wajir and Moyale. We have raised this issue on the Floor of this House several times and no action is being taken. ... view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to ask the people of Mandera and Wajir to wait until all the animals perish before they get the results? This is because the same samples were sent abroad in March and today, we are in June and yet we continue to wait as our animals die. Is he in order to say that we should wait until all our animals perish and before we get the results of the samples? view