Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: doing so, we will be increasing revenues to this country because of direct flights to Mombasa. Probably that will also increase the number of tourists coming to this country. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Sen. Farhiya, who is a Member of the Committee, also spoke. She is part and parcel of this report. Sen. (Dr.) Zani was the last person to speak. She touched on one of the areas of a Motion that I brought which was adopted and passed by this Senate. It was about stalled projects which should be given priority in the budgets. We will revisit that as a Committee. We need to see how far the National Treasury and other relevant Government departments have implemented the Motion which I brought to this House and was passed. We established that stalled ... view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to pass my condolences to the young athlete, Ms. Agnes Tirop. I request that as Sen. Sakaja looks into the issues of sports, he should not forget golf, which is also a serious sport. Youngsters are also joining golf and need support. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: I beg to move the following Motion - THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget on the Status of Kenya’s Stock of Public Debt, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 14th October, 2021. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, now that Sen. Murkomen is with us here, during the Financial Year 2019/2020, on one specific afternoon, he persuaded us, when he was the Senate Majority Leader, to review the public debt ceiling. I can remember vividly that he and I had conspired not to agree. However, on that afternoon, he called to say that things were bad and we could not avoid it. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: Sen. Murkomen, these are the fruits of that very fateful afternoon. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: On a more serious note, as you may be aware, during the Financial Year 2019/2020 Parliament was involved in the review of the public debt ceiling, which was set at Ksh9trillion. The objectives which were very clear, as the Committee then was advised, was to create fiscal space to allow replacement of expensive debts with concessional or loans with favourable terms. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: That is very important that we were persuaded. I agree and supported that we needed to create some fiscal space, so that we could retire expensive loans with concessional ones. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: Since then, approximately two financial years have elapsed. In an endeavor to assess the achievements of the objective, this Committee on Finance and Budget resolved to enquire on the status of Kenya’s stock of public debt. view
• 19 Oct 2021 in Senate: Article 201 (c) of the Constitution stipulates that the burden and benefit of use of resources and public borrowing shall be shared equitably between present and future generations. This constitutional need is to safeguard the future generations as it creates a basis for use of resources for today. view