Janet Marania Teyiaa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The fifth objective was to meet with our counterpart parliamentary committees responsible for defence and foreign relation matters to familiarise with their mandate as well as to share experiences. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I will just talk about what we found in the embassies in the USA where I led the delegation to and then I will leave the rest to my colleagues to talk about the areas they visited. The building that houses the Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Washington DC has greatly deteriorated with the passage of time. In comparison with our neighbouring structures, it stands out as neglected. Secondly, the masonry facades for the general structure especially the external walling are in fair condition, but cleaning and minor repairs are necessary. The wooden windows have deteriorated with the ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Most importantly, it is about the high rental expenditure. The embassy is spending large sums of money in rental expenditure for its staff. As I said, we own the building but we are 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
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: renting the houses for our staff. It is not all of them. I remember we visited about two. We own three or four staff houses but we are paying very high rental expenditure for the rest. In addition, there is inadequate funding for maintenance and repairs of these government-owned properties. Even those ones we own, maintenance and repairs need to be done. This has resulted in gradual dilapidation of the properties. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Another problem is the foreign exchange losses. The budget for the Kenyan missions abroad is prepared in Kenya Shillings as per the requirement of the Public Finance Management Act but when the funds are budgeted and then transferred to recipient missions on quarterly basis to facilitate this transfer, there is multiple translations from Kenya Shillings to the currency of the mission and then to the currency of the recipient country. This leads to huge net foreign exchange losses which erode their already very minimal allocation. view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: In the USA, we have another mission which handles multilateral relations. The one in Washington DC handles bilateral activities. The Kenya House in New York is the official residence of the ambassador who in this case is the permanent representative, commonly referred to as PR. The official residence called Kenya House is currently not occupied. The current PR, Ambassador Lazarus Amayo, is almost the third ambassador who has not occupied that house because it is in dilapidated condition. The House is located far from the UN Headquarters and the traffic jam associated with the New York may not make it ... view
• 4 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: of. The offices were housed on the fourth floor of the Uganda House just some few blocks away from it. They are very strategic. It is located just a few meters from the gate of the UN Headquarters. Few blocks behind it is the Nigerian House. The Embassy of the Republic of Nigeria has about 47 floors and it is fully owned by the Nigerian Government. You can imagine how much income they are generating that could be used as Appropriation-in-Aid in running other missions abroad. There is also the biggest problem for all embassies. This is the delay in ... view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It will be good if Members understand that, this is one of the important legislations that this House is embarking on; the Finance Bill. So, it will be good if they consult in low tones so that others can follow. My amendments are on page 1018 of the Supplementary Order Paper. Therefore, I beg to move:- view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: THAT, the Bill be amended in clause 18 by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph 95─ view
• 29 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: 96. One personal motor vehicle, excluding buses and minibuses of seating capacity of more than 8 seats, imported by a public officer returning from a posting in Kenya’s mission abroad and another motor vehicle by his spouse and which is not exempted from Value Added Tax under the First Schedule: Provided that the exemption under this item shall not apply- 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