Cecily Mbarire

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: We must give facts because this is not a political rally. Kenya’s debt accumulation in relation to the GDP is lower than most of the sub-Saharan African countries. Our debt is at 28 per cent to the GDP compared to Tanzania, which is at 28.1 per cent. South Africa a very big economy with 29.3 per cent. Ghana is at 47.2 per cent, Nigeria at 69 per cent and Ethiopia, which we all talk about everyday as the fastest growing economy right now, is at 61.8 per cent. These are facts that can even be Googled in this new age ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: This is the problem with Members who come here without facts. The information I am giving here today is a record of the House as given by the Budget and Appropriations Committee and accepted in the Committee. They asked questions because they needed to be sure of the information. I am not here to bring information that cannot be substantiated. I am willing to stand out there with the Hon. Member and show him this record. He needs to learn to research by reading. He cannot keep resisting. He must read before he comes here to take the Floor. view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: As a nation, the borrowing we do goes strictly to infrastructure. Even the Asian Tigers had to borrow to improve their infrastructure in order to grow their economies. That is what Kenya is doing. We will stick to that agenda because we have realised that there are people who want to deflect us from it so that in 2022, they can say we did nothing. The Government is focused and will not incur debt beyond our management. The Government will put the money we borrow straight to things that will help grow the economy, for instance, infrastructure. We The electronic ... view
• 28 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: have never used loans for Recurrent Expenditure. Never ever! The Whip of the Minority Party stood here and lied to Kenyans that we borrowed money to pay salaries. Where on earth? We are not broke, as a country! We have never been broke and we will not be broke. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Motion. I want to begin by reminding us that Kenya has one of the most progressive Bill of Rights. This is because it does not just talk about the human rights as we know them but also addresses the first- generation human rights which are: right to expression, association and various freedoms. Again, it goes further and identifies what we call the second-generation human rights which include the right to food, clothing, health care, education, housing and a clean environment among other rights. The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: This progressive Bill of Rights in Article 43 of the Constitution states: “(1) Every person has the right – (b) to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation.” The same Bill of Rights in Article 21 states: “(2) The State shall take legislative, policy and other measures, including the setting of standards, to achieve the progressive realisation of the rights guaranteed under Article 43.” Today, we are going to deal with that particular provision in the Bill of Rights. I think this House has been given a chance to ensure the realisation of this particular right to ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Allow me to welcome the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party and say that we congratulate him because he won the petition against him on his election. Therefore, it has been validated that he was elected legally and properly, and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) did its job well. Congratulations! view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Let me continue and say that because of the cost of housing, there is, therefore, need to come up with a policy that addresses this glaring gap such that very low-income earners cannot afford housing in Kenya. Let us find a way of ensuring that they can afford some housing. This same Policy identifies the fact that there is a gap in terms of availability of land close to the work places of low-income workers in order to build the envisaged houses. One of the things the Government will be doing is to make sure that they demarcate land that ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Of course, the other gap is the cost of building houses in this country. Our houses are very expensive. Building materials are very expensive. Labour is very expensive. Therefore, the Government has to find a way of lowering these costs by probably reducing certain taxes, like the ones that the President has identified, so that it becomes cheaper for the construction industry to build low cost houses. When houses are built at a lower cost, it becomes possible for low- income earners to access the houses because they will cost less. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Of course, there is the limited access to housing finance and the high cost of the same. Low-income earners cannot access financing for their houses and when they do so, it is too expensive for them. Therefore, the Government has to find a way of making it possible for low- income earners to access housing finance. There is a big gap in terms of us identifying and appreciating technology for construction of low-cost houses. We need to find a construction technology that is cheaper. We know that countries like Singapore, China, Malaysia and others are building houses using low cost ... view