Joseph Kipchumba Lagat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, my second biggest problem with these taxation measures is the abolition of the road licences for vehicles. I have raised this issue before. That finally led to the increase of the Road Maintenance Fuel Levy by Kshs3.20 per litre. I have seen the argument as given by the Minister and it is not satisfactory. That will raise Kshs5 billion. Out of that amount, each constituency will be given up to Kshs11 million, an additional of another almost 100 per cent. Mr. Chairman Sir, what will happen to the extra Kshs3 billion to be raised by every Kenyan? ... view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have heard the Minister clearly say that--- view
• 28 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have heard the Minister clearly say that he has closed the bank despite the fact that it has good liquidity. He did that based on allegations that were tabled by an hon. Member. Would I be in order to request the Minister, since those were mere allegations, to issue a statement that the bank is in order and proceed to open it as soon as possible? He should allow innocent Kenyans to access their money. view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to give my comments on the Budget Speech. I am not in support of the fact that the Minister for Finance increased the Roads Maintenance Levy by Kshs3.20. You are aware that the price of petroleum is, indeed, high. Therefore, increasing it further is making life quite unbearable for Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the road licence that every motorist would buy for his vehicle was used to do many things. First, it was very cheap. Secondly, it was a security document. We all know that before you were given a road ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to say from the onset that I support this very important Motion. It is incumbent upon this Parliament to ensure that additional districts are added to the 55 that we are talking about. That responsibility should be given to Parliament. If we leave this responsibility year in, year out, to the Central Government, you will realise that every time a new Government comes to power, they will allocate districts that best suit them. In future, we would prefer that this responsibility be brought to Parliament. So many services are given at ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this very important Motion. I would like to thank hon. Oloo-Aringo for bringing this very important Motion. The Kenya Post Office Savings Bank has done a very good job. It is only unfortunate that we do not seem to recognise the good job that, that institution has done. When many of us were in school, it was the only institution that could accept our little pocket money. When you have money, you must keep it safe somewhere. The only place where you could keep your money safely was the Kenya ... view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. If you listen to the tune of the debate, you will realise that we are actually repeating the same issues. Would I be in order to request that the Mover be now called upon to reply? view
• 6 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to support this Bill. I also want to make some remarks about the Bill. The coming up of this Bill was long overdue. I want to suggest that the ex-officio board members who are in the board be reduced. As we have seen in the case of Uchumi, most of the ex-officio members who have been Permanent Secretaries are unaware of what happens in the respective companies that they sit in as board members, apart from the fact that they just earn allowances. The most noble thing to do would be to reduce their number ... view
• 6 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are all aware that cotton is grown in the arid and semi-arid areas. That is one way of ensuring that our country's land is utilised fully. However, we are also aware that the cotton produced in this country can also be of competitive quality because we can afford cheap labour. We are having a problem of unemployment, yet some of our land is under- utilised. Therefore, the Government must move with speed to effect--- It is known all over the world that the best cotton is produced in tropical areas where this country falls. ... view