Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as hon. Members, we have a responsibility of not only engaging in legislative activities, but also finding out the progress of our people. For those reasons, we support the adjournment. One main reason why we need to come back immediately after the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference ends is the need to ensure that some of the most crucial Bills, particularly the CDF Bill, are passed before the Budget is drawn. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: May 4, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 973 Hon. Members and Kenyans have expressed the need to review the rate of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). The Motion that was passed yesterday on the Report submitted by the Committee is a clear indication that, before the Budget is drawn, we need to pass that Bill. The Budget is due before the House around 16th, June. If we wait until 30th, May, 2006, there will not be enough time to legislate and allow the Treasury to prepare for that. With those few remarks, I beg to oppose. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 4 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister has said that we usually come here kutukanana . He means that we normally insult each other in the House. Could the Minister withdraw those remarks? view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a report issued sometime last month by the Centre for Governance and Development, which looked at the performance of State Corporations between 1992 and 2002, showed that we have lost billions of shillings, because of poor management of State Corporations. The major problem is the way political patronage is used in the appointment of CEOs. We have seen in the last few months that all appointments of CEOs have been done by Ministers based on the ethnicity of the Ministers themselves. My question is whether this Government will recruit all CEOs competitively through recognised recruitment firms rather ... view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will contribute after the gracious lady! view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. The wrong perception about the CDF, created largely by the media, civil society and others, is misplaced. The impact of CDF in the last three years has been felt by communities, particularly in the rural areas. It is all there; very tangible results that can be seen. It has been realised by donors and the people of Kenya that the CDF has actually had an impact in terms of infrastructure development in the rural areas. I think that is a credit to the Ninth Parliament. ... view
• 3 May 2006 in National Assembly: The credit goes to this House which, in 2003, decided that we must have the CDF Act implemented. In that regard, although this is not the current Government's dream but rather something dreamt in 2002, when the Cockar Tribunal was established by the Parliamentary Service Commission, the Government gets credit for financing CDF in the last three years it has been in office. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the NARC Government has had its priorities misplaced. We have given many examples to support this opinion. A good example that I want to give is that, last week, when we passed the Supplementary ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. These Ministers are not serious. Only yesterday this House passed an increment of their salaries to the tune of Kshs200,000 per month and they still do not work. Even their Leaders of Government of Business are not here. They should take their work seriously! view