Henry Rotich

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to turn to the proposed expenditure on enablers that are critical to the realisation of the Big Four Agenda. I will start with infrastructure. We will continue with the infrastructure programme in order to improve our competitiveness. I am, therefore, proposing The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: to allocate Kshs180.9 billion for ongoing roads construction projects as well as rehabilitation and maintenance of roads. We have also provided Kshs55.8 billion for the completion of Phase 2A of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), Kshs11 billion for the Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Project, and Kshs7.2 billion for the Mombasa Port Development Project. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: To support generation of adequate and affordable energy, particularly for our manufacturing sector, I have allocated Kshs8.6 billion for geothermal development and Kshs61.2billion for power transmission and distribution. This includes Kshs4.5 billion for electrification of public institutions, Kshs5.5 billion for Last Mile Connectivity and Kshs1.3 billion connectivity subsidies; Kshs1 billion for street lighting and Kshs1.5 billion for transformers in our constituencies. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: A safe and secure environment is a precondition for achieving the Big Four Agenda. Therefore, I have provided Kshs326.5 billion for the security agencies, which include Kshs121.6 billion for defence, Kshs37.7 billion for National Intelligence Service (NIS), Kshs26.9 billion for the Prisons Department, Kshs140 billion for State Department of Interior. The allocation to the State Department of Interior includes Kshs22.8 billion for house allowance for police service and prison service officers and Kshs6.9 billion for police and prison officers’ medical scheme. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, education continues to receive the lion’s share of spending as Government continues to provide access to basic and higher education as well as to skills development and training. A sum of Kshs55.4 billion has been set aside to cater for the Free Day Secondary Education Programme and Kshs13.4 billion for Free Primary Education Programme. To increase the teacher to student ratio, we have provided Kshs3.2 billion for recruitment of additional teachers. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Other allocations include Kshs1.5 billion for primary and secondary school infrastructure, Kshs10.3 billion for tuition and tools support for vocational training, Kshs6.8 billion for construction and equipping of technical institutions, Kshs4 billion for examinations fee waiver for all class eight and form four candidates, and Kshs4 billion for National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) for secondary school students. I have further set aside Kshs97.7 billion to support university education and Kshs12.6 billion to the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: In my Budget Statement last year, I highlighted some of the measures to improve governance, transparency and accountability of the Government. Procurement reforms included the requirement for all MDAs to continuously publish and publicise all details of procurement information and contracts awards on the Public Procurement Information Portal. This portal was developed and launched. The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority continues to publish monthly contract awards by all public entities in the Portal. To date, 385 public entities have been registered in the Portal and 5,236 contracts published valued at Kshs146.5 billion. We expect further transparency with implementation of a new ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: To sustain the drive against corruption, I have enhanced allocations to the institutions mandated to fight corruption. In particular, we have allocated Kshs2.9 billion to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Kshs3 billion to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Kshs50 billion to Asset Recovery Agency, Kshs540.8 million to the Financial Reporting Centre, Kshs7.1 billion to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, and Kshs5.7 billion to the Office of the Auditor-General. Additionally, to support the oversight and legislative role of Parliament and access to justice, I have allocated Kshs40.5 billion to Parliament and Kshs19.4 billion to the Judiciary. view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the rapidly developing digital economy provides opportunities to boost our economic growth and create jobs. Therefore, we need to invest more in this area to boost literacy and digital skills. We also need to invest in digital infrastructure and improve access to affordable broadband connectivity. Thus, to support the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector and take advantage of the digital dividend and consolidate Kenya’s leading position in the technology space, I have allocated Kshs3.2 billion for the Digital Literacy Programme, Kshs2.9 billion for Government shared services, Kshs2.8 billion for National Optic Fibre Backbone Phase II Expansion, and ... view
• 13 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: To share the benefits of our growing economy and to relieve the plight of the vulnerable members of our society, we have provided Kshs16.6 billion for cash transfers to the elderly persons, Kshs7.9 billion for orphans and vulnerable children, and Kshs1.1 billion for cash transfers to persons with severe disabilities. Also, we have set aside Kshs2.3 billion for the Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme, Kshs100 million to support those with albinism and Ksh200 million for the National Council for Persons with Disabilities Fund. view