Cyrus Khwa Shakhalaga Jirongo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 91 to 100 of 103.

• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: He is misbehaving! view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also take this opportunity to contribute to this Motion on the Budget Speech, which was issued in this House last week on Thursday. There has been a lot of praise for the Minister's creativity, particularly in trying to create employment. One of the things that have been pointed out is the issue of engaging the youth in the constituencies in construction projects. The other one is creating centres in the constituencies, so that the youth can access information and at the same time be able to develop business skills. The issue of the ... view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: the issue of employment in this country, the Minister needs to be slightly more serious. We have the Youth Enterprise Development Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund created in this country. But nobody gives us any statistics on the effectiveness of these Funds. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it would have made a lot of sense if the Minister for Finance proposed that the money for women and the youth be handled the way the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) monies are being handled. That is a sure way of ensuring that, that money reaches the youth at the grassroots. view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister also talked about allowing companies with records to create asset-backed securities. In my view, the authority concerned, that is the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), needs to come up with clear guidelines. That is because if we are talking about companies that are established, you are surely talking about Safaricom or Equity Bank. We are still addressing companies that are able. What about a young man who has just left the university and has access to some security and he can develop a bond that can be traded on the market for purposes of raising some ... view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: If we do not have a prototype design from the Ministry of Public Works, hon. Members will end up putting up structures that are irrelevant. We also need a clear management structure on June 18, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1255 how those centres are going to be run. Again, I want to repeat that if you want to deal with the youth, let us get the young people in this country who have education but no jobs to run youth groups in the villages. Therefore, they can use the youths who loiter in the villages as labour. The Government needs to ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of non-performance of contractors emanates from registration of firms that are incapable of carrying out contracts. What is the Minister doing to ensure that before they categorise contractors, they have the technical and financial ability to undertake projects under the categories they are registered in? view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister seems to be aware that his Ministry does not have any legislation that regulates the conduct of contractors. Could he tell this House, specifically, when he will bring a law that will regulate the contractors? view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Let me also take this opportunity to thank Mr. Wamalwa for having come up with this Motion. As much as I am supporting the Motion, there seems to be certain issues that we have failed, as a Government and Parliament, to put in place to turn farming into a viable business. In this country, when there is over-production of maize, the prices go down drastically. The following year when there is a shortage, the prices of the same crops skyrockets. It means that it is very difficult to have farming in this country as ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me take this opportunity to support this Motion. This country has witnessed some of the strangest happenings in its history. When we opened the year, this country almost went into a civil war. Today, we have opposing forces who recently formed the Grand Coalition. By coming up with a Grand Opposition, we do not want to oppose the Grand Coalition Government. We want to, first of all, ensure that, that Grand Coalition functions. We want the parties in the Grand Coalition to marry their manifestos and work on the reform agenda that they promised Kenyans. ... view
• 29 Apr 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has referred to consent orders being entered into between Uhuru Highway Development Limited (UHDL) and some party called Kenya Anti- Corruption Commission (KACC). They clearly said that the chargee was the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). In what capacity was the KACC entering a consent judgement in court? What is the role of the KACC in the whole thing? Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, the Minister has said that other procedures will be followed to sell the hotel. What other transparent procedures do we have to sell a property other than through an auction where the ... view