Hon Francis Kuria Kimani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: We need to have a conversation as a country about our land use. Every time you fly around the country, you find we are slowly becoming a concrete jungle. We have sub-divided all our land and everyone owns a 50 by 100 plot where we fence, build a house and no land is left for agriculture. As a result, we are saying there are no jobs and food. This is because agricultural land meant for farming is now being used to build houses. I am not saying it is wrong to build houses but how do we achieve a balance ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: In properly planned countries and states, I have seen people living in an estate and leaving the rest of the land for agriculture. When this happens, you find it is easier to provide infrastructure such as schools, stadia, electricity and social amenities for those people. This is because they live together as a community and leave the rest of the land for agriculture. As I wind up, I need to re- emphasise that the Irrigation Board needs to go down to the people and do projects that matter to them. Not just make money for buying cars, servicing mortgages and ... view
• 17 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I would like to end by passing my condolence message for the loss of Sen. Victor Prengei. He was one of my constituents, a great man and farmer. We have lost a hero as a constituency and Nakuru County. Thank you. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this debate. This is the second last Budget of the 12th Parliament. As we debate about the Kshs3.03 trillion Budget, out of which Kshs1.29 trillion is on recurrent, there are several fundamental questions that we must ask ourselves as a Parliament and as a country. The President gave a directive on this elephant called pending bills. One of the reasons why we are opposed to Government doing domestic borrowing is because that domestic borrowing crowds out other borrowers that may want to borrow from ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I have often said that Kenyans are not afraid and do not refuse to pay taxes. Kenyans are not even afraid of taking loans, but we are afraid of what this money gets to do. So, as long as the rubber meets the road and that money is put in the right choice and these great plans that we have put up are done and done properly and on time, you will not hear any uproar when taxes are increased or when that borrowing is increased. We tried to address several issues in our report, especially on the issue of ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: women, young people or our old people programme, let them be under one state department. Let them have one funding, so that we can even benefit from the economies of scale. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: In our Report, we have emphasized and reallocated money to the need of funding capitation to private universities. As we speak, the students that did their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education a few months ago will get admission letters to the universities. They do not choose whether they want to go to a public university or a private one. So, for those students who are admitted at Strathmore University, Daystar University, or at whichever university in this country, the money for their capitation must be released and released on time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have even been able to ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Lastly, we cannot have a budget that does not allocate money for emergencies. We cannot have people doing harambees when people drown because of floods. We must allocate money for emergencies so that we are able to take care of them when they happen in this country. With that, I support. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Mheshimiwa Spika, mimi ni Kimani Francis Kuria Mbunge wa Eneo Bunge la Molo, Nakuru County. Napiga kura ya ndio. view
• 23 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to add my voice to the debate on the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2021. This Bill seeks to address the issues of ease of doing business. The report on the ease of doing business raised last year shows Kenya to be number 120 out of 190. That is dismal performance considering that we have prided ourselves in being one of the best countries in Africa in terms of ease of doing business. Research has shown that entrepreneurs in low income countries spend 50 per cent of their per ... view