25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the approval for appointment of Mr. Edward R. Ouko as the “Attorney-General” laid on the Table of the House on 25th August 2011.
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25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that was a slip of the tongue. I just talked to the Attorney-General before I came here. It is the Auditor-General!
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25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw now!
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17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:-
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17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on grains discharged at the Port of Mombasa as laid on the table of the House, Wednesday, 17th August, 2011.
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10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I wish to express my appreciation for the quick action that the Ministry of Agriculture took immediately we learnt of this purported transfer.
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10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are worried because earlier indications were that the Kenya Sugar Board was actually going to pay Mumias Sugar Company for the outstanding loan, and actually the Ministry of Agriculture had authorised that. They had gone ahead to ask Kenya Sugar Board to appoint auditors to ascertain the actual loan outstanding. That had gone as far as the point where the auditors had produced the report. The report showed that Mumias Sugar Company owed considerably less than Kshs100 million. In fact, Kshs20 million or thereabout, and I suspect that is what must have prompted Mumias Sugar ...
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10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Secondly, Mr. Kidero is a member of the Board of Directors of Kenya Sugar Board where the decision was made and he was present. Why then did he have to go and swear an affidavid in court authorising the sale of Busia Sugar Company? Lastly, who are the shareholders of Busia Sugar Company? Does the Government hold shares? If so, how much shareholding?
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10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, we would like to know the future of the Nasewa land because the farmers are very much anxious. What the Minister has described here is a temporary situation. We would like to know the long term permanent situation. Will that land revert back to the people of Nasewa and Bukhayo? Will a sugar factory be built on it as has been promised by many members of the Government, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, who said it here during one of his Budget speeches?
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10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I had raised issues. There is one issue that the Minister has not addressed. That was the fact that the Government had already approved the settlement of that debt by Busia Sugar
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