Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister should actually bring a copy of the concession; that is, the actual agreement that was signed between the Kenya Government and the Nigerian Government. I think that is important so that we see for ourselves the content. view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I would like to support this Bill. I am happy to learn that the Minister for Finance has indicated that he will widen the scope of the memorandum and objects of the Bill to enable him deal with amendments that are outside the printed Bill. There are areas that need immediate attention and it would only be appropriate that he takes advantage of the printed Bill to bring about those amendments. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with the previous speaker who said ... view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: , do not know much about insurance. As a result, they have been unfairly treated. When they fill in the so called "proposal forms", really, they do not know what they sign. The conditions of the policies are set out in small print. So, the proposers do not, really, know what they enter into. The time you will have a claim is when you will know where the problem lies. Therefore, we should make certain amendments to the Insurance Act to protect innocent wananchi who enter into contracts with insurance companies, which, later on, become difficult and take advantage of ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I do not, really, think that we can sympathise with the Minister's incompetence to have not anticipated the urge for the Insurance (Amendment) Bill to have included the clauses he has included in the Finance Bill. If he has not done so, then it must have been an afterthought. Therefore, he must pay the price of his incompetence by making sure that he, quickly, after this, comes up with amendments and include them in the Insurance (Amendment) Bill. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. I think it would only be fair to this House if the hon. Member could declare his interest before making a contribution to support this amendment. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what the Minister has said is correct. However, I think he left hanging in the air the fact that once this money is collected, and has gone to the Consolidated Fund, there is absolutely no guarantee that all of it will go to the KSB and what percentage will be given out. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, as per now, all of it goes to the Kenya Sugar Board. We can couch this amendment to capture that; that, all the SDL that goes to the Consolidated Fund will find its way to the KSB. That ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I raised an issue that has been left unsolved. There must be a linkage between the amount of Sugar Development Levy collected and the amount of grants going to Kenya Sugar Board through the Ministry of Agriculture. In fact, by the time we end up with it, what is going to happen is that the Government is going to collect this money and it will go to the Consolidated Fund, and the matter ends there. Now, we have to be very careful because then, what will happen is that the Kenya Sugar Board will receive ... view
• 31 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will make very brief comments on the Finance Bill. First of all, I would like to make an observation that there are a number of clauses that are included in the Finance Bill that should not really be there. This has been a problem over the years. We have, for example, issues to do with insurance. That clause should be deleted from the Finance Bill and taken to the Insurance (Amendment) Bill. We also have clauses relating to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) about the creation of a chairman and so ... view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will just remind you that I am still Mr. Chris Okemo, hon. Member for Nambale Constituency. Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I would like to add my views to those that have already been expressed by earlier speakers. I would like to emphasise, particularly the concern I have, and I am sure that other hon. Members have the same view
• 3 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: concern. This is about the skewed distribution of resources in this country. Budget after Budget, when the Printed Estimates have come to this House, we have pointed out how uneven the distribution of resources is in the various Ministries. The notorious examples have been the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Roads and Public Works and other Ministries. So, part of the reason why the CDF was created was because of this uneven distribution of resources so that every constituency will have a chance to have some resources to deal with the question of poverty. Mr. Speaker, Sir, ... view