Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am referring to the political leadership. I want the hon. Senator who moved the Motion on behalf of the political leader of this House. She normally sits next to me here. However, in the last few days, she had to occupy the empty spaces here because those leaders are not there. Now, we are being told to come next Tuesday, Wednesday and so on, to spend our mornings here yet every day we are here and there is nobody to conduct business. This House is inundated with business now. Some Committees have a lot of work. ... view
• 16 Jul 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Reading the mood in the House and this being a procedural Motion, I rise under Standing Order No.98 to move that the Mover be now called upon to reply. view
• 16 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you heard the Senator for Kakamega. Could he clarify what Standing Order prohibits a Senator who has spoken from moving from Standing Order No.98? Could he do so or withdraw his remarks? view
• 16 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, where there is a Standing Order provision, you do not apply Standing Orders No.1. Standing Order No.98 is very clear that a Senator may rise in his or her place and may move “THAT, the Mover be now called upon to reply”. There is no provision of whether he spoke or not. So, is the Senator for Kakamega County in order to mislead this honourable House? view
• 15 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to give a statement on the increase in the minimum share capital of commercial banks which was sought by the Senator for Bungoma. The Senator had sought to know a number of issues regarding the increase in the minimum share capital, what policy informed the announcement by the CS to upscale the minimum capital of the banks to Kshs5 billion. He also wanted to know whether the policy statement was subjected to public sector participation. He also wanted to know when the policy is expected to be effective and a number of questions that I ... view
• 15 Jul 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When the Government raised the minimum capital of the banks from Kshs250 million to Kshs1 billion, it was an increase by four times. Literally, all the banks complied within the timeframe and the objectives at the time was also the same; to encourage banks to merge, so that we have few stronger banks and that helped. In early 1900s up to 1996, almost 30 to 40 banks collapsed because of a lot of management problems in the banking sector. Today, the banking sector is very strong and resilient because of a stronger capital, among other ... view
• 15 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometime in December last year, I brought a Motion to this House with regard to the circumstances surrounding the massacre of Kenyans on a bus in Mandera and subsequent massacre again at a quarry in Mandera. In January, the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations alongside the 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
• 8 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our successive governments have shied away from resolving border disputes. Border disputes have a potential to create conflict. However, in this country, they have always shied away from counties and national borders. I want to seek a clarification on this matter regarding Somalia, not on the maritime disputes that have gone to the United Nations, but on the border wall that is reportedly under construction. We have been informed that the construction of the wall between Somalia and Kenya in Mandera Town was stopped after the construction started because the Somali Government raised a complaint about the ... view
• 8 Jul 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Vice Chairperson did not respond to the clarification that I sought. view
• 8 Jul 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir. Legally, we refer to it as the Council of Governors (COG) and not the Council of County Governors. view