Joseph Kipchumba Lagat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me give a few comments on the President's Speech. I am happy for the first time that His Excellency the President did not talk about zero- tolerance to corruption. For the last few years that I have been in this House, all the speeches of the President contain the phrase, "that we are committed to zero-tolerance to corruption". For the first time, the President did us proud by omitting something that has never been achieved in this country, and which his Government has been unable to achieve. Therefore, I was particularly very happy. Mr. ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me give my comments on the Appropriation Bill. Before I do so, the Minister has clearly said they are developing a comprehensive Budget law. We are all aware that this House has already developed a Bill called the Fiscal Management Bill, which has been lying in abeyance for the last few months. Sometimes I wonder what the role of the House Business Committee is. At times, we look at Bills and we do not know how they are prioritised to the extent that the Fiscal Management Bill, which will empower hon. Members to participate fully in ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is good to say that hon. Members participate in this process. However, passing seven Votes is not even a half of the Votes that are presented in this House. This House cannot change anything. All we do is discuss and pass Votes as they are. We even have Ministers who come to this House to complain of how their Ministries have been allocated little money. It is time that this House participates fully, not in only passing votes, but appropriating the monies that Kenyans pay in taxes. The only way that this can be done is ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that must be put in law. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that it is in any Standing Order. If it is, that is not being done. However, I am saying that let us put in law. Some of the Standing Orders cannot allow us to scrutinise some of these Ministries. Therefore, the Budget law the Minister is talking about is already in the House in the form of the Fiscal Management Bill. We are aware that if this Bill is passed, this House will have the power to appropriate money to every Ministry as it deems. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was answering what you asked. I was informing you appropriately. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am passionate about this because I am the Chairman of the new Fiscal Management Committee. We have been waiting for this Bill for a very long time. view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will take your advice. But I was emphasising the role of Committees in the Budget process; not more of the audit process. Budget is more about the future and not the past. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has clearly said that the economy is expected to grow by 6 per cent. That is very encouraging. In fact, we would like it to go to 10 per cent as envisaged in the Vision 2030; a document which is foreign to us because we have never seen it. I would want that resources are distributed equitably in this ... view
• 22 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Bill. There is confusion amongst some of our hon. Members because when the word "regulation" is mentioned they tend to think that it means "price control". The era of price control is draconian and history. We cannot, again, go back to the era of price control as a country. We need to move forward and encourage competition. If we really want to bring down prices, we should encourage competition at all times. The best way to encourage competition is to ensure that entry requirements into the market are made as ... view
• 14 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the problem with that road is that its base has actually collapsed. It may be of interest to the Minister to know that spending money on a road whose base has collapsed, is a waste. It would be better if that money was allocated to other projects. Could he consider, probably, reassessing the road, so that during the Supplementary Estimates, he can allocate enough money for the proper repair of that road? view