Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with all due respect to my colleagues, this Government should be given credit with regard to the PPPP. The PPPP story commenced in 2005 and it was not until 2009 that the policy was done. In 2013, an Act of Parliament on PPPP was passed. Last year, the regulations were passed. We have since then seen all the PPPP advertisements in the media. Pursuant to that, there has been a lot of response from the public. All these projects running in hundreds are the ones which received responses from the private sector who were interested. It is ... view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Senate Minority Leader should have listened to what I presented. I said that with regards to the Kenyatta University, they went into a PPPP with an American company called Africa Integras Investment Company Limited. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for that protection. The Senator for Nyeri County asked about the PPPP committees. These committees were set up in 2013 when the Act came into force. I do not have the names but I can provide the Member with the names of the individual members. We had a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chairman when we were discussing the impeachment of the Kericho Governor. However, they are in office and they were elected in accordance with the provisions of the Public Private Partnership Programme Act. There was a question on the ... view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is an Act of Parliament on PPPs. There are also regulations on PPPs that were passed--- view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I be allowed to proceed? There are PPPs regulations that were passed in December, 2014. What is pending are regulations relating to county governments. I want to emphasis that the absence of the county PPPs regulations does not and has not stopped counties from pursuing PPP projects. Counties are required at the moment to apply the PPP Act and regulations in force with regard to any PPP agreement. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have responded to that matter adequately. There is an Act of Parliament that was passed by the two Houses of Parliament. The PPP Act and regulations were passed by Parliament in 2013 and, therefore, there is no vacuum. To make it more enforceable and applicable--- view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a law on PPPs in place that was passed by Parliament and enacted. If anyone wants to challenge it, there are other avenues to do so. Therefore, all county governments must comply. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last question was on Annuity Roads Projects. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there was a time when the Annuity Programme was suspended because of the cost. The Government has since looked at it and in the last Cabinet meeting - about ten days ago - the first 435 kilometres under the roads annuity programme were approved. The relevant committee can provide you with more information, but it will commence in the first quarter of the 2016/2017 financial year. Part of North Eastern, where I come from, is included in this programme and I met the contractor. Thank you. view
• 13 Apr 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget on the second basis for equitable sharing of revenue among the county governments laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 30th March, 2016. The Members of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget had an opportunity as required under the Second Schedule of the Senate Standing Orders to look at the proposal based on the recommendations of the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA). They looked at the second generation basis of the revenue sharing formula ... view