Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 771 to 780 of 1385.

• 10 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even on the basis of the statement that the hon. Senator has, I can assure you that there is no money that is borrowed in cash form from China that gets shared out. Money is borrowed on the basis of specific projects that are submitted to various institutions in China. It is clear even from what he has, but I will respond to this on Tuesday. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to respond to the statement by the Senator for Murang’a County, Sen. Kembi-Gitura, on the escalating bank interest rates. This is an elaborate statement. I want to give the highlights and then I will probably leave it to the Member to determine. The Member had sought a number of issues. It is common knowledge that interests charged by commercial banks have been escalating over time as a result of which borrowing has become very expensive. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to respond to the statement by the Senator for Murang’a County, Sen. Kembi-Gitura, on the escalating bank interest rates. This is an elaborate statement. I want to give the highlights and then I will probably leave it to the Member to determine. The Member had sought a number of issues. It is common knowledge that interests charged by commercial banks have been escalating over time as a result of which borrowing has become very expensive. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in Senate: I agree, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will avail copies to the clerks; so that they can make copies for the Senator, then we can do it tomorrow. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in Senate: I agree, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will avail copies to the clerks; so that they can make copies for the Senator, then we can do it tomorrow. view
• 19 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson gave an elaborate Statement. In the rest of the world, the waterways are used as transport, not just in the sea, but even in the rivers and lakes. We have similar lakes and rivers which can actually be used. What is the Ministry doing in terms of putting up jetties in some of those lakes, like Lake Turkana and many other inlets in the Coast in particular, to encourage utilization of these waterways for transport? I remember that the last Tsunami did affect as far as Malindi. What is the Ministry doing to address concerns ... view
• 19 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Statement to make that was requested by the Senator for West Pokot, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, but he is not in the House. Should I continue? view
• 19 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it was on the status report on the implementation of the Economic Stimulus Programme. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need your guidance. view
• 19 Jun 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to add my voice of support to this Bill. The Bill is a very important piece of legislation that clearly provides that the county assembly shall not be fully and duly constituted for the first sitting after the general election unless all the Members have been nominated and their names published in the Kenyan Gazette. This is important. During the previous elections; the first time that we had elections under this Constitution, I agree with most Members that there was serious violation, in my view, of the Constitution. The spirit of ... view
• 18 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Zani for that Statement. The affordability of secondary education in this country has become a privilege. I agree with Sen. Musila that this Government would want to declare free secondary education by 2016. But in the interim, I know that in the Budget that was just read last week, there was an increase of 33 per cent in the amount of money that has been allocated for secondary school tuition. Could she explain how that will impact on the school fees structure of public schools? view