Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I also agree with my fellow Chairman that we are trying to balance between the Executive arm of the Government and the private sector in order to introduce some element of independence and autonomy to this Board. So, my proposal is that we do not replace the Chairman of the LSK with another Government appointed person but instead we leave it. Instead of one other person being appointed by the Minister, we make it two other persons. view
• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, then we should make it three because we are trying to reduce too much Executive influence on the Board and let as much of the private sector be part of it. So, I propose that the position goes to another person so that they are three. view
• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, as a middle ground and to accommodate what the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance has proposed, we would like it to be specific that it will be the Commissioner of Police. view
• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think we have to be fair to everybody. If there are those who have not read the report and they do not understand it, surely they must be given a fair chance to read it and understand it. If there are those who have read and understood it, that is good. They can even help to tell those who have not read what view
• 10 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is a big difference between “reading” and “reading and understanding”. I think what Dr; Khalwale is referring to is flipping through pages. I am talking about “reading and understanding” the content of the document and many of us who read and understand know that you need time to do that. view
• 1 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would be, indeed,very brief. I am very surprised by the trend of argument by the Professor. It is not up to this House to convince the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance that we should have the debate in five days, instead of seven days. It is the Ministry to prove to us that, indeed, Order No.107 stipulates that it is seven days and, therefore, if there is to be an exception, that must come from the Ministry. This House approved 50 per cent of the Budget not too long ago. We have only ... view
• 27 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a bit baffled by the nomenclature describing hospitals, dispensaries and all these. Is it possible to have a sub-district hospital without a district hospital? If my logic makes sense, you cannot talk about a sub-district hospital when you do not have a district hospital. Is it based on geography or facilities? Which is which? view
• 18 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support the Motion and comment that we have had extensive consultations between the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance. So, I am not really going into detailed discussions about numbers because we have gone through them in great detail view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Prime Minister went into a lot of detail as far as the schemes that they intend to carry out are concerned. When it came to the financing of the same, there was a very vague brief statement about where the money will be found. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: The amount was Kshs24 billion. I think the Prime Minister talked of contingency, reallocations here and there and, maybe, some Budget cuts. The effectiveness of this programme will actually depend on its implementation and the implementation will depend on the availability of resources. What I got from the Prime Minister, I do not think the Government seems to have firm plans as to where these resources are actually going to come from. If that is the case, the likely thing is to go the route that the Government normally goes when they have no resources – it borrows. When that ... view