Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I appreciate that the Minister maybe indisposed, but I am also aware that, that same Ministry has an Assistant Minister. Is he also indisposed for him not to come to the House and answer such a Question by Private Notice which must be very urgent? view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government for this Statement on preparedness for the looming LaNina phenomena. I would, however, like to ask for a few clarifications. One, the Deputy Prime Minister indicated that the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) was unable to take all the stock that had been delivered. Has he considered in their state of preparedness that an abattoir can be built in Lokichoggio? This only requires Kshs50 million to be operational. Secondly, he mentioned about livestock off-take by the Ministry of Livestock Development, is he aware that the ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for the hon. Member for Kuresoi, Mr. Cheruiyot, to intimate that the Chair does not have the capacity to dispose a Question after the communication had already been made to the Chair by the Minister? view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mine is just to inform the House that I had requested for a Statement a month ago, before the House went on recess, on the situation of food distribution in northern Kenya. Since then, many events have taken place and the situation is getting worse. However, the Minister is yet to bring the statement to the House. I was just wondering whether you could confirm with the Minister when he would bring the statement to the House, preferably, this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government on the situation of the residents of Kipsongo and Jamanuu in Kitale. This is a settlement area where the landless and squatters of this country are being threatened with eviction notices by the Clerk of Kitale Municipal Council. I would like the Minister to confirm that in the new spirit of the Minister for Lands of acquiring title deeds that had been illegally given out, they will also prevent land grabbers from taking this land and ensuring that ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for the opportunity to move this Motion. I want to rise under Standing Order No.48 which talks about amendment of notice of Motion. It says:- “The Speaker may permit a Member to move in amended form, a Motion of which notice has been given if in the opinion of the Speaker the amendment does not materially alter any principle embodied in the Motion of which notice has been given” Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I, therefore, wish to move the following Motion:- THAT, being deeply concerned that the disbursements to ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: In 2008/2009, they went back less than the statutory figure and there was a shortfall of Kshs1.49 billion. In 2009/2010, they went back, and when we should have received Kshs13 billion, they allocated us in the Printed Estimates Kshs12.33 billion with a shortfall of Kshs0.74 billion. The total of that is Kshs3.42 billion. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have discounted the first year of 2003/2004 where they gave us only Kshs1.26 billion instead of Kshs5.66 billion. We have discounted that because the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) commenced half-way during that financial year. So, there is no way we would have expected the Treasury to have factored in that kind of money. I must also demonstrate to the Treasury that there is no ill-motive on the part of the Committee. The Committee just wants the Treasury to abide by the law which is better than any of us. I will table the document ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the second tranche of the money is what the Treasury gave us in terms of the Printed Estimates in the Budget vis-Ă -vis the actual disbursement. We have realized that in 2004/2005, the Treasury failed to remit Kshs160 million. In 2007/2008, the Treasury failed to remit to the CDF Board Kshs1.1 billion. In 2008/2009, the Treasury failed to release Kshs499 million. That brings the amount that had already been voted for by this House, as recommended by the Treasury through the Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030--- The Treasury failed to release Kshs1,759,300,000. ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: This Fund was established under the law and we took the route of the law because we knew what the other funds, especially the Poverty Eradication Commission and the Rural Development Fund had gone through. They were mismanaged and they have nothing to show. This time round, this Parliament and I want to thank the Government for its support; we decided that the CDF will be implemented through the law. In fact, a country like India, where there is the CDF, it does not have a law as elaborate as the CDF Act. Section 4(2) (a) provides for 2.5 per ... view