Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, after the President had promised, who was I not to promise? You take the President’s promise in good faith. I could not have contradicted him. So, I was just following his footsteps. Now I will also follow the footsteps of the Prime Minister and tell the people of Busia that the factory is coming because he will make sure that it comes. I hope it happens because 2012 is very close. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to me, I think the idea of zoning does not make sense because if you get proper and quick-maturing ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just wish to get a clarification from the Minister for Energy. All the problems that he has outlined are not new. These problems have been there for a very long time. I think what disappoints some of us is that the Minister complains that he cannot do some of the things because there is no money. Really, this is a subject for the Cabinet, because Parliament cannot help him there. Allocation of money is done by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance in consultation with ... view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the clarification I am trying to seek is: Could the Minister analyze these various components that lead to the final pump price and actually offer solutions at each and every stage instead of coming to lament here? To me--- view
• 5 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Minister, my worry is: you have already reduced duty by 30 per cent. How will that translate? How will we be sure as House or as Kenyans, that this decrease of duty by 30 per cent will translate into lower pump prices for wananchi because it will end up somewhere as profits among the marketers? Could he give us an assurance before we support that reduction? view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the Assistant Minister aware that the Sugar Act in place today is being flouted by nearly all sugar millers in Kenya, in terms of payments to farmers who are supposed to be paid after 30 days but instead wait for a long time and that is why they become desperate and go to sugar jaggeries? Secondly, there is a provision in the Sugar Act that cane is supposed to be weighed at the farm gate. That is the law today but it is not being followed. Could he tell us when the Sugar Act ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to join my colleagues in thanking the Prime Minister for the statement on the cost of living. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I will be very happy to see the Prime Minister categorize these problems, because it is a cocktail of problems. He has given a cocktail of proposed measures. There are problems that are immediate such as the problems of fuel and food. Both in terms of availability and affordability, that is immediate. What is the immediate solution? With regard to energy, the prices are up. The Government has taken measures to reduce it by Kshs2 because of taxation, and you have proposed another reduction of Kshs5. How quickly can this be done? How would it be done? It is one ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Can you stop interrupting me? view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would really like the Prime Minister to emphasize the immediate and short term measures. I do not think we may have enough time to wait for long term measures to take effect. view
• 21 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to thank the Ministry of Tourism and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade because we worked very closely right from the beginning up to where we have reached. That is why we have achieved what we have achieved. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had an opportunity to visit a number of tourism fairs with the Minister for Tourism. What became glaringly clear is that this is one Ministry which is thoroughly underfunded as far as promotion of tourism is concerned. I was very surprised when we ... view