John Michuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am just trying to retrieve it. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am ready! I have the answer with me. It is a matter of just getting it out. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will get it. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I proceed with answering this Question, I want to seek your indulgence on how to handle it because this information has come out of the Budget Statement by the Minister for Finance. So, if I am going to be asked whether I am aware, surely, it should be taken into account that I am the originator of the information. So, how do we proceed? view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, I beg to reply. (b) I think I know that widows, orphans and dependants may have suffered and it was because of this. As stated in the Budget Speech, a task force was set up to take all the details in which we have ascertained of these unclaimed assets and there are about Kshs38 billion. We are 3432 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 12, 2008 looking at this report in order to work out ways and means of how to deal with it so that the dependants who might be alive ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kshs38 billion is not peanuts. The task force was set up in order to come up with proper recommendations which the Treasury will reconsider. We must remember that we have to decide what happens even to the money whose owners cannot be traced. We have to consider about people who have died and whether some of the money should go to charity. All these issues require very sober examination. That is what is being done now. We will come to this House for the necessary legislation where it is found necessary when the case can be ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question is about assets. Assets are not necessarily in money form. Some of those assets will be in shares. Some of those assets will be in deposits, with their terms of deposits which continue to apply. All these issues must be ensured. The mechanism will be there, but where the hon. Member knows which fund is holding what for him, then the answer lies in his going straight there and collecting it. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are quite right. In issues of this nature, there are temptations to even seek solutions where they do not exist. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is an entirely different question, given that the NSSF is already established by law. It has its own regulations as to how it deals with monies that are not claimed. So, what we are discussing here, arising from the Question, is not similar to NSSF's problems. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. In seconding this Motion by my dear friend here, Mr. Isaac Ruto, is he really telling the country the truth when he opposes measures to save Mau Forest? How could he support this Motion on climate change when he opposes measures that are meant to protect the Mau Forest? view