Edwin Ochieng Yinda

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 203.

• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to take this opportunity to support the Motion. I also wish to thank the Ministry and the Minister for trying very hard to include all their need for more money to run the Ministry, although I am aware that the Ministry did not receive all the amount of money that they asked for. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Before I proceed, I wish to sympathize with the Minister because this Ministry is very important. It is actually the engine of the economy and, therefore, a lot of strain in trying to operate it. I know that with the amount of money received during the Budget, the Minister and the Ministry is not able to fulfill all they would have wanted to fulfill. I would like to encourage the Ministry to explore the usage of solar energy because I think it is not used as much as it should be in this country. I would like to see a ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: I would also like see the cost of electricity go down. At the moment, the manufacturing firms and even household users find it almost impossible to afford electric power. It is too expensive and sometimes I wonder if the country is moving with speed to extend power to our rural areas but very soon, even the rural folks will not be able to afford the cost of power. I would like the Ministry to look at ways of coming up with affordable power because at the moment, having electricity is more or less a luxury because many people are finding ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: The issue of emergency power providers is something that I would like the Ministry to look at again because the cost of diesel and running these emergency generators is too high. As it stands, all these costs are transferred back to the users. I think this is also one of the reasons why electricity is very high in this country. It is my hope that in the Budget, the amount of money of about Kshs3 billion, if I am not wrong, which was put there for KenGen to cushion or subsidize the emergency power will be extended to the users; ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), I, again, sympathize with the Ministry. KPC is very useful to this economy, but the way it has been run leaves a lot to be desired. I would like to see a situation where companies like Triton and all the perpetrators of the losses incurred by KPC are dealt with and punished very severely because all that will go back to the Government and the taxpayers. We cannot afford to pay large sums of money so that a few individuals can swindle them and go and enjoy in the ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Assistant Minister confirm that the superior semen is available all over the country, including Siaya? view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to also support this Motion. I would like to start by congratulating the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance for a very well deserved Budget which was presented last week. For the first time in the history of Kenya, the last Budget was what I would consider as a people’s Budget. For the first time, the funds were devolved to the extent that the constituencies are becoming the focal points for development. It is now up to us, hon. Members, to ensure that the people get the development. I think it is really ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: I would like to also ask the Minister in future to look at agriculture a lot more favourably than what he has done in the Budget under discussion. If free fertilizer could be available to most parts of this country, it would improve a lot in agricultural production. This time, although the Ministry of Agriculture through the Ministry of Finance made some fertilizer available, it did not go to all parts of this country. So there are many regions that did not benefit. If this could be looked into in the future, it could change the production of food in ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to ask the Minister to look at the taxation, especially personal tax. I still think that Kenya is one of the highest tax paying countries in the world. At the moment, the highest personal taxation is 30 per cent. This is by all means very high. Because of this, many people are doing everything possible to evade paying taxes whereas if the taxes were reduced to, say, 20 per cent, the bracket for compliance would be much higher than what it is at the moment. I support the Minister fully on the ... view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: These fuel guzzlers should be surrendered and sold with immediate effect. If the Ministers get the smaller vehicles, the saving on fuel and even maintenance would be colossal. The amount saved would go a long way in supporting agriculture and the poor in this country. I strongly believe that the only way that we are going to help a lot more people put food on their table’s is by looking at poverty financing which at the moment is not taken care of at all. view