Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1251 to 1260 of 1385.

• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am not a sugar farmer, but I sympathise with the people who are in the sugar industry. There are funds which are collected and not necessarily remitted to the Consolidated Fund. A good example is what the Kenya Airports Authority and several other parastatals are doing. The Kenya Sugar Board needs that levy to finance the out-growers. Why can the Minister not consider making a clear provision to the effect that once that money is accounted for in the Consolidated Fund, it will be allocated onwards? What will happen is that in the Budget, ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, for the same reason we had argued earlier that the sugar farmers will be the losers, since we have many other funds, why can we not bring the SDL to the Consolidated Fund? Unless it is clear that the SDL collected by the KRA will wholly be transmitted to KSB, this is not acceptable, and therefore, I oppose New Clause 62B to be part of the Bill. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in terms of the statistics that have been published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, there is gross inequality in the distribution of health services, to the extent that in a place like the North Eastern Province, there is one doctor to 120,000 people. For instance, in my constituency, two sub-district hospitals have not a single doctor. Each of the facilities has got only one clinical officer and three nurses. Could the Assistant Minister tell the House, whether there is a standard policy of distribution of medical workers, equitably, across the country, to avoid this kind ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Even the Maasais! view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister used some very strong statement. He said that because we have Somalis living in another country, then we have to do much more to make sure that we maintain the integrity of our passports in the world, yet there are many communities who live in various other countries. He said that it is a question of integrity. What action did he take when he was checking the integrity of the Artur brothers when he gave them passports? Are they more important than us? Is he talking of integrity? view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for that comprehensive Statement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Government of Kenya created the "take-away" government of Somalia, excuse me for the use of that word, it comprised of former warlords and people who were responsible for the suffering and massacres that happened for 16 years. The ICU sprang up spontaneously because of a revolution by the people of Somalia. However, I want to accept and support the President's argument of 2004 that the peace and stability of Somalia is of great interest to Kenya. Given that the ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank the Minister for that elaborate Statement on hardship allowances. The issue has been affecting many public servants. As the Minister said, in 1969 hardship areas used to cover those areas which were referred to as the Northern Frontier District, including Turkana. The Minister was also very clear that the issue is about food, water, climate, social services and transport. It is interesting to note that the Minister admitted that there is no equitable distribution of resources to date. That is why there is no improvement, whatsoever, in hardship areas. So, instead ... view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Minister in order to continue referring to the criteria used by the task force as a basis when indeed, Ndeiya in Kiambu is now listed as a hardship area? I think that criteria needs to be changed. Mandera and Ndeiya cannot be the same. view
• 8 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: But that is from the Government! view