Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1281 to 1290 of 1385.

• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government is listening for him. The point I am making, with due respect to what Mr. Speaker has said, is that with regard to the vettting of bank officials, which is an important provision, the main problem is enforcement. The CBK officials do not often really restrict themselves to those qualities that are required. You will find people who have failed banks before being appointed as the directors. That is why you find a lot of these problems we are having in the banks. This is why we have seen problems in our banking ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the point has been made. There is an attempt by this Government to try and undermine the independence of all the institutions that are actually intended by law, be it through the Constitution or by an Act of Parliament, to be independent. That is common knowledge. Honestly, the Government should stop this. We are seeing attempts being made all the time to undermine the independence of the Central Bank of Kenya, the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights, the Kenya Anti-Corruption October 31, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3271 Commission, et cetera . All this is happening ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he did not raise a valid point of order. He raised a point of argument. He may re-visit it when he replies to this debate. view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I am saying is that the Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya is protected by law. That is the fundamental point. It is not a question of--- view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, and I think you have got the point! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will now move to the issue of collection of revenue, which is captured under Clause 64 of this Bill. Under this clause, the Minister seeks to allow collectors of revenue to spend some of the money they collect, in terms of defraying some costs, etcetera . I have a bit of trouble with this provision, whether the revenue collector in mind is the Kenya Revenue Authority or any other collector of revenue. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Constitution, under Section 199, requires that all ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister mentioned the CDF. The CDF is included in the Printed Estimates, which are tabled in this House and debated. The Governance, Justice, Law and Order Sector Reform Programme (GJLOS) funds are not included in the Budget and are not debated. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The performance in mathematics and sciences may be bad in the country but if you look at the ASAL areas, you will find that the situation is even worse. The performance in secondary schools in those areas is largely affected by the poor performance in mathematics and sciences. What affirmative action is the Ministry considering with regard to those particular districts so that we can address the poor performance in those areas? view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the tradition of this Government to appoint task forces to investigate task force reports and so on, and 2007 will come before they will have done anything. There are reports that the chief investigator at the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission who was investigating this matter was sacked in order to stop further investigations into this matter. Could the Minister confirm or deny that report? view
• 13 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this year's Budget Speech, the Minister zero-rated computers and computer accessories in order to encourage Kenyans to use computers. In the same way, could the Government, as a matter of policy in order to encourage rural electrification and, therefore, encourage the development of our economy, consider zero- rating all electricity generation and distribution equipment and facilities? view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In the 2003/2004 Financial Year, the Government carried out what it termed as a radical surgery, when it dismissed many judges and magistrates. The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) also submitted a list of judges and magistrates it believed should be sacked. I want to know what action the Government is taking to deal with the magistrates and judges, whose names were submitted by the LSK for action. view