Joseph Kirui Limo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: If you look at the current Board, the summary says that the revenue, expenditure and borrowings are going up. I am really worried that the expenditure is increasing more than revenue. The Estimated Revenue is increasing, but at a slower pace than the expenditure. What it means is that this country is going to depend more on borrowing which is good, but any country should also be looking at sustainability and ensure that revenue grows faster than expenditure. If I look at the Development Vote versus the Recurrent Vote, I can say that it is a good trend. We are ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: I want to encourage the counties to borrow leaf from the national Government in terms of ensuring that more money is voted to Development Expenditure than Recurrent Expenditure. On the priority areas, this country should focus more on food security. The first step is to ensure that the people in this country are well fed. Once they are well fed and the food prices are stable, then you can focus on other infrastructure development. One of the biggest threats to food security in this country currently is the lethal maize necrosis which has destroyed most of the plantations in the ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: The other thing is that we should see more affirmative action to ensure that those areas are safe from the crop disease. The recommendation prevailing now is that farmers should not grow maize for the next three years so that the disease disappears. However, little has been done in terms of training farmers and giving them alternative crops to plant meanwhile. Therefore, we should put more emphasis on the control of the disease and compensation of farmers who have lost their crop as a result to this disease. view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Government has spoken very widely about fertiliser. Now, fertiliser subsidy is not sustainable because the Government spends a lot of dollars in importation of fertiliser. The Government is putting a lot of emphasis on producing fertiliser in Kenya. Therefore, we should support more funding to ensure that fertiliser is produced within Kenya. That way, the price of fertiliser will be cheaper and this will also create employment for our youths. Unless we expand production of various items so that industries grow, we are going to be in trouble. view
• 26 May 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We also support that because the Senate is making the Bill clearer and that is a good practice. We want to support at least for once. view
• 2 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I support the Chair of the Committee in opposing the proposed amendment because it is the responsibility of the head of any institution to approve any statement which emanates from his institution and own it. Therefore the Member‘s proposal to have somebody else sign is not in order. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this important Bill. I wish to recognise the good work done by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. This Bill is very important because it shows how the two levels of the Government will be sharing the country’s revenue. According to the Constitution, it is squarely the responsibility of the National Assembly to share the revenue between the two levels of the Government. If we look at the current division, there is a significant increase to the county governments. Last year, we had Kshs226 billion and now it has ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: most of it, if not all the increment, will go to development. We encourage the counties not to add salaries or add more personnel. People at the county level require a lot of development. The county allocation has been divided into two, namely, the county equitable share and the conditional allocation, which is very important. Last year, we had some allocation in the form of conditional grant which was changed the last minute. That was very important in terms of giving training to the youth. The allocation was for the purpose of building youth polytechnics in all the counties. The ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: In Kericho County we have three hospitals which qualify to get equipment. The requirement is that a hospital must have been a district level hospital. In Kericho County we have three hospitals namely; Kapkatet, Kericho and Londiani. I hope that the county government of Kericho is listening. It must comply with the requirements. This is a lot of money. We are talking about Kshs4.5billion. This money must benefit the members of our society in an equitable manner. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: There is also conditional grant for Level 5 Hospitals. These hospitals have been assisting people because they have superior facilities. There have been plans by the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view