Billow Kerrow

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion and, indeed, to thank the Senator for Nandi County for coming up with this very important Bill. I also want to take the opportunity to thank the Mediation Committee for a job well done. This is the first mediation between the two Houses on a matter that initially proved to be divisive. They have managed to find a common ground. The essence of this Bill is to create a forum for the leaders who were elected from the counties to come together and share ideas on how to develop ... view
• 5 Jun 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. We would appreciate if the Senate Majority Leader can brief us on the County Governments (Amendment) Bill. This is a vote that has been under negotiation for over two months now. 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
• 5 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is a very critical issue in most of the counties, because there are many sub-counties where the birth certificates are not available. In this day and age when all the schools demand for birth certificates, this issue becomes very critical. I do not know how the Government comes up with a policy when it does not even have the resources in place. But I would appreciate if the Chairman could indicate when this decentralization to the sub-counties actually will take place. When do we expect all the sub- counties in the country to start issuing ... view
• 5 Jun 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. You have heard what the Chairman has said. It means that the answer that we were given is actually not helpful. This is because what he said is that funds are not available. With that kind of an open-ended engagement, it means that really the request that we are making that since these documents are now compulsory and required for any child to go to school or do an exam and because of the security situation--- I think that it is not a matter of Parliament. The Government and the relevant ... view
• 5 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my apologies, but I think the Chairperson can do better than that because if he accepts what the Ministry says; when funds are available, we cannot go far. If the Government wants to get money, they can. Last week, we were able to confirm that the Government had to pay some money to Anglo Leasing and the Government got Kshs1.4 billion. This week they paid Kshs1.2 billion on the syndicated loans because the Government knows how to re-allocate money. So, I think the Government Printer does print the certificates. It is a question of getting the ... view
• 4 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a question that requires a lot of information. I would suggest that we give an answer in three weeks’ time from today. ALLOCATION OF LAND TO SQUATTERS IN CHEPCHOINA PHASE II SETTLEMENT SCHEME view
• 3 Jun 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate your ruling. Many reports are usually tabled in the House but, generally, even when it is for noting, a Motion normally would be moved. The tradition of the House is that there would be a Motion to note, and that would then give every Member an opportunity to debate it. Even when we are debating reports of Committees who visited some place, it is normally submitted just for the value of that discussion. But I think without a Motion, even noting that report, I do not know in what sense, even for the record of ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to make a clarification. The Inter Governmental Relations Act is very clear that the responsibility for costing of the functions is the work of the TA. However, Members of this House know that the TA was not funded last year. This financial year they were only given Kshs300 million. The responsibility of funding lies with Parliament. Secondly, it is important for Members to know that, that costing is dependent on the transfer of functions. Some of the functions we transferred in this House are yet to be gazetted. It ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second the Bill. I want to state from the outset that this is a very important Bill to this House. If there is one responsibility that this House has to undertake in terms of money matters, this is the only one. The Constitution is very clear that we, as a Senate, do not deal with money Bills. But this particular Bill that deals with the division of revenue between the two levels of government is a responsibility that the Constitution has conferred on this House. We are very clear that last time, when ... view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I respect the hon. Member, who is also a Member of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, but we cannot really allow him to mislead the House. He can use a calculator if he did not 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