7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I seek your protection as consultations are too high. The Government approved the transformation of the Foreign Service Institute to Foreign Service Academy which has not been operationalised due to lack of funding. There is a Kshs2 billion for acquisition of infrastructure, establishment of a research centre and Kshs500 million in working capital under recurrent expenditure to cater for training equipment and capacity building of trainers and researchers. At the invitation of His Excellency the President, Kenya will be hosting the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference from 26th to 28th November 2018. There is no allocation of funds ...
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7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have been asking for protection.
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7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Indeed, consultations are so high.
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7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly:
I hope my time has been well taken care of.
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7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly:
I was saying with regard to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that, since the resources are limited, the Ministry will focus on expanding Kenya’s diplomatic representation and footprint across the globe and strengthening Kenya’s leadership role in shaping a global agenda at the bilateral and multilateral levels. To aid in the achievement of the Big Four Agenda, the Ministry will focus on its engagement with countries and regions which have comparative advantage to drive Kenya’s agenda in the Big Four and lobby to translate the current enabling business environment to become attractive for long-term and sustained investment. As this House ...
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7 Jun 2018 in National Assembly:
accrued interest. But through negotiations, the Ministry agreed to pay Kshs8050 million but it was not factored in the Budget. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I wish to thank your office, that of the Clerk, members of my committee, my secretariat and members of BAC for having considered our recommendations in this Report. I beg to support.
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3 May 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the President’s Speech. Let me start by appreciating what he said about the 11th Parliament that worked around the clock for five years making laws that implemented the Constitution. It is through those laws that we can now account for the achievement of the first term of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his second term which has just started. If you look at the achievement of the Jubilee Government in the first term 2013 /2017, just to enumerate a few that the President highlighted, one of them is the issue of ...
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3 May 2018 in National Assembly:
Finally, because of time, reconciliation and forgiveness results to stability and peace in the nation. This will result to economic growth and job and wealth creation for this country. Already, there are signs because the projection of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this financial year has gone up to about 5.8 per cent from 4.9 per cent. This is because of the reconciliation and forgiveness process. I support.
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26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House today Thursday, 26th April, 2018: The Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the consideration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and South African Development Community (SADC) tripartite free trade area agreements.
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26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on the consideration of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA); and, the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreements, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 26th April 2018 and, pursuant to Section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, 2012, approves the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA); and, the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreements.
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