Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) what mechanisms he has adopted to attain a healthy economy with desirable or acceptable rate of inflation; and, view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (c) whether he could explain how the current high rate of inflation has affected the view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4360 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 22, 2009 view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: living standard of the average Kenyan. view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Tanzania and Uganda have 12.3 per cent and 14.2 per cent inflation respectively. Even Nigeria, with its record, has 15.2 per cent inflation. Our inflation is higher than what the Minister has told us. The consumer price index that we use is based on urban population, particularly, the Nairobi consumer index. This does not take into consideration the rural consumer index, which makes people suffer there. About 75 per cent of our population live there. If he include the consumer price index based on the rural population, what are the inflation rates today? view
• 22 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister is very good with numbers. I would like to assure him that the numbers I gave on Uganda, Tanzania and Nigeria are accurate. However, I would like the Minister to tell us, regarding the maize scandal, what are the percentages most likely to drive the inflation up by? As well as that, being the Ministry of Planning and National Development, it plans for this country's future. We are now asking for up to Kshs37 billion to buy food. Instead of having food, why can the Ministry not have irrigation projects? So, ... view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motions:- view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, in view of the inequitable and unstructured distribution of loans managed by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) for students in the institutions of higher learning; aware that the funds distribution has tended to favour students from urban areas and highly populated regions of the country; cognisant of the need to provide all young persons with equal opportunity to acquire knowledge and specialised skills, this House grants leave to amend the Loans Board Act, Cap.213A of the Laws of Kenya, to provide for a decentralised Constituency Higher Education Loans Scheme to ensure equitable distribution of loans and funds at ... view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government continues to lose a lot of money due to poor contractors. Why is the Government reluctant to criminalise delayed contracts and people who do not honour the commitments that they are given by this Government? The Government of this country and the people are being fleeced every single day! Why can you not criminalise those issues? view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like the Assistant Minister to tell us the standard criteria applied by the Government in writing off debts owed by farmers. Is there a clearly defined criteria? view