Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to request the Right Hon. Prime Minister to also consider, in the traffic arrangement, the two exit points, that is Busia and Malaba in terms of trying to decongest traffic. Today, you will find about 20 to 30 stationary petrol tankers at Busia. You can imagine and God forbid, if there was a fire, I think it would not only be a traffic problem but also a problem of loss of life. Therefore, I request that in this arrangement, a provision should be made to decongest traffic in the two exit points, ... view
• 19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to start by congratulating the Minister because the Committee and the Ministry have worked very closely. We have held very wide consultations and we have discussed most of view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have looked at the Motion here by the Deputy prime Minister and Minister for Finance, and I would like to make the same comments as I made last year and quite a number of Members of Parliament made here. Year in, year out, we cannot have a linear extrapolation of 12 months divided by two. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: We did demand and I think it is in the HANSARD, that the Minister must come here with the justification for why it is one-half. The Constitution does not say half. It says not more than half, which means it could be less. But year in, year out, through traditions, Ministers have come and they have actually asked for 50 per cent and they have got it automatically. But we did demand and I think the Minister promised last year that he would come here with an expenditure outturn to show how much he has spent before the Appropriations Act ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: That is precisely my point, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Will the Ministry spend this money without parliamentary approval? How is it covered? It is not included in the Vote on Account. So, where does the Ministry derive the approval to spend money from the CFS? view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I was continuing--- view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Is the Prime Minister in order to mislead this House that during the time I served as the Minister for Finance, we did not give the breakdown of items on Vote on Account? By the way, he was part of that Government. view
• 13 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, looking at the figures as contained in the Motion, it is pretty clear that the recurrent expenditure is going up by a net amount of about Kshs22 billion. It is also clear that the Development Vote is being reduced by almost Kshs9 billion. view