Joseph Kipchumba Lagat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while appreciating the answer that has been given by the Minister, I would like him to give us tangible steps. He has talked of a committee that has been formed, but we have learned scientists in the Ministry of Agriculture and various other sectors in this country. These scientists should be able to prove that there is not a lot of harm that has been caused by our flowers than most of the other activities that are undertaken in those European countries. view
• 25 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, given that this was a pilot project, and probably the first one in this country, what was the experience of the Ministry? When will it implement a another similar project, given that it costs a lot of money? Could he tell this House whether this new technology is sustainable? view
• 24 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that generous time. I want to support this very important Motion. Probably, I would like the Minister to explain the following. When an economy is doing very well, and I believe it is to the extent that we hope it will grow by more than 6 per cent, we expect revenue collection to go up. But when our projected revenue goes down by Kshs5.9 billion, it is quite interesting and difficult to understand. Probably, I want the Minister to explain to us whether there are other problems associated with revenue collection. If ... view
• 19 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support this very important Bill. In fact, many hon. Members of Parliament are products of the flawed political process that exists in our political parties. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, rigging begins at political party levels. I am very happy that this Bill will go a long way to correct this. Many of us would not have made it to Parliament if it were not for the voice of the people. Many political parties are owned by individuals. I hope, with the enactment of this Bill, that will be a problem of ... view
• 19 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I merely said that this is a very important Bill. Our Standing Orders do not provide for the importance of a Bill. Therefore, I should continue. 814 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 19, 2007 view
• 19 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, now that we have a quorum, as I clearly said, when the Motion about the Arturs will be coming all the hon. Members will be present here and I think I was right. The Political Parties Bill is, in my view, more critical than the Arturs. Without a good democratic process in any political system, many of these hon. Members will be rigged out. There has been political nomadism that we have experienced in this country, for example, whenever a Member is defeated at the party elections, without shame and consideration whatsoever, moves to the ... view
• 19 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in Clause 9, there are issues about resignation. It is very clear that when a Member of Parliament resigns, he or she must presents his or her resignation letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly. But when it comes to political parties, it says a person resigning will submit their resignation letter to the political party. That is ambiguous. A political party is an entity and, therefore, we must define who will be given the resignation letter. So, we will probably have to say that the letter shall be addressed to the Secretary-General of the ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I also want to support this Motion; the adoption of the Report of the PAC for 1999/2000. Just as many hon. Members have said in this House, the biggest problem that we have had with many reports since Independence, is the failure by the Government to act on the recommendations of the House. Therefore, this Government, just like the previous governments of Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Moi, are all the same. They belong to the same generation and therefore, this Government has not come with any difference. This and any other government must know ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have made recommendations that there should be no queries on imprests. If you look at all the reports of PAC year in, year out, you will notice that there are a lot of imprests accruing from various officers. It is now law that you must surrender your imprest within 48 hours. But when many of those Accounting Officers are asked that question, they say that many of the officers retired before surrendering all the imprests and that they have written to them letters using their last known addresses. You will wonder, when those officers ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just finalising on the issue of variations. Many Government officers would not like to hear about variations because that is where they make a lot of money. We must legislate a law that requires all contracts not to be varied by more than 10 per cent to 15 per cent. That initiative must come from the Government, which preaches zero-tolerance to corruption. I was very impressed when His Excellency the President talked about our oversight committees. He said that they have done a very good job. But he failed to mention that the ... view