Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 261 to 270 of 559.

• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Sorry, Mr. Wetangula, you will have your time! view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to take this opportunity to introduce hon. Shakeel, a Member of our Committee who we have nominated to present the Committee’s report on our behalf. Hon. Shakeel will present the report on behalf of the department Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. view
• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to start by really congratulating the Minister for being the first Minister since we started discussing Estimates to come and give us an account of how his Budget was utilized in the previous financial year. He also demonstrated to us that the money that he is being allocated will actually be utilized. If you look at the statistics he has given us to indicate the absorption capacity that is the ability of the Ministry to spend the money that is given to them; these are very impressive figures. He talked ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, looking at the HANSARD when we were debating the Vote on Account last year, if one takes the trouble to go that far back, there were many comments that were made, some by me and some by other hon. Members. It is unfortunate that I do not think the Minister took the trouble to look at the concerns and comments that hon. Members made last year when his predecessor laid the Vote on Account for the year 2008/2009 on the Table. One of the concerns that was raised in this House was that we would like ... view
• 24 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will reluctantly support him because of the mood in the House. view
• 23 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you observed that the Assistant Minister was pretty uncomfortable with the calculation of the price because if you just say that you divide one number by 1.16, then by 0.4, you are really saying nothing. I am sure if you take the Assistant Minister to task to explain what those numbers mean, he would not know. The point I am trying to make is that the Sugar Act is due for amendment. When a similar Question was asked in this House, the Assistant Minister made a commitment that the Sugar Act was under very active review and ... view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Minister for giving me the opportunity to make very brief comments. First, I think there are many changes in this Budget as compared to others before and in a positive direction. Devolution was one thing that hon. Members received positively. There are a few challenges and I just want to bring out what they are. The total Budget is about Kshs867 billion; the total receipts from all sources put together is about Kshs672 billion. So, the actual Budget deficit is Kshs195 billion. People have been talking about Kshs109 billion, I ... view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the joint committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget Committee on the discrepancies in the Supplementary Estimates for the Financial 2008/2009 laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 13th May, 2009. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on behalf of hon. Members of the Joint Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget Committee, I wish to take this opportunity to present the Report of the Joint Committee and recommendations for action. view
• 13 May 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, after the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance laid the Supplementary Estimates on the Table on 22nd April, 2009, they were debated and approved by this Parliament on 29th April, 2009. However, on 6th May, 2009, hon. Imanyara sought a Ministerial Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance concerning a figure of Kshs9.2 billion, which was shown as having been falsified in the documents. Hon. Members sought the Speaker’s guidance on what should be done with the documents that had been laid on the Table by the Government in the House which ... view