Danson Mwazo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 391 to 395 of 395.

• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Minister's Budget. Despite the hardships in Kenya, it was a well thought-out Budget. view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Recurrent Expenditure. In last year's expenditure, under hospitality, the Government used Kshs2.16 billion which is about Kshs5.7 million per day. Now, if the Government could reduce that expenditure, there could be a lot of saving. view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will restrict myself June 24, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1341 to English. As I was saying, I am going to focus on areas where we could save money as a country. As I said, I am looking at Recurrent Expenditure. Last year, the Government spent Kshs2.16 billion on hospitality. That translates to about Kshs5.7 million per day. If we could reduce that amount of money, we would have huge savings. Even if Members of Parliament are not taxed, we could save a lot of money from that. For example, the Minister for Finance said ... view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. Member for reminding me that. I missed it in my notes. Another area is the low cost housing project of Kshs350 million. This is a good venture and I hope that it will trickle down to smaller towns like Voi, Malindi and others, instead of only focusing on major cities like Nairobi. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was also impressed that Kshs1.6 billion was allocated for the recruitment of teachers. As you know, there is a huge shortage of teachers to the tune of 50,000 teachers. Coast Province is ... view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. A request was made to the Minister for Finance with regard to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and, especially the conflict between human beings and wild animals such as the elephant. It would have been better if the Minister could have allocated some money for the erection of an electric fence, especially the Tsavo East and Tsavo West areas so that we can hinder the elephants from venturing into the settlement areas. I beg to support. view