Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 301 to 310 of 851.

• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, under this Sub-Vote, on page 35, the first one is Head 044 - New York. I just want the Minister to explain this matter to the House. With regard to Item 3110100, Purchase of Buildings, in the last financial year, there was no allocation. In this financial year and the next one, there is no allocation, but there is a proposal to allocate Kshs500 million for the purchase of buildings in New York. I just want to understand the rationale of making this provision today and yet it is not even for next year, but ... view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the point I am trying to put across to the Minister is this: Is it not possible, if, indeed, you are intent on purchasing the buildings in New York, and you know that they will cost you Kshs500 million, that you could have begun setting aside some money this financial year and next financial year, so that the ownership begins to change into your hands, as a country, and then, due to that prudence, you would not be paying any rent? That is, if you began the acquisition process. view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I believe that the Minister's explanation will obviously apply if that is what he has. It will apply to the provision for London, which is Head 046. Under this particular Head, they propose to purchase buildings for Kshs215 million. I really wonder what kind of buildings are these ones that they are buying for this--- We already have a Chancery in London! Is the Minister saying that it does not belong to Kenya, and that it is now, or next year, that they actually want to purchase it? view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I will move on to page 36. I will take that explanation by the Minister regarding London, Washington, New York, Stockholm and others. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, at the very bottom, there is Head 063, Rome. There is something very interesting here. The first Item, 3110100, under this Head is Purchase of Buildings. During the last financial year, the approved Estimates indicated nil provision, and so is this financial year. However, in the next financial year, the Ministry proposes, as provided under the title "Purchase of Buildings," to purchase buildings worth Kshs200,000. I doubt ... view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if that is the case, and I am willing to accept it, then, obviously, the total net expenditure, as shown on page 38, would accordingly change to reflect that typographical error. I, therefore, think that the Minister should make that August 29, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3589 correction. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, as we wind up - there is not really much in this Ministry with regard to the Development Vote - I would like to note that everything here is about purchase and refurbishment of buildings. Even in Canberra, they propose to purchase some ... view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the reason I have to raise what is here is that it has been provided to us. Unless the Treasury is telling us that we should only read one portion and ignore the rest. It is important for us to question what is here, so that we get the explanation by the Minister. view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it applies to very many other cases, but just to give an example on Canberra. It is on page 37. It is proposed that next year, there will be purchasing buildings and they expect to spend Kshs100 million. Is this like the other Ministries where they say "buildings" to mean one building? When we travel to Canberra, next year, as you will appreciate many of us will be here, we would want to see whether you were purchasing buildings or one building. 3590 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES August 29, 2007 view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to address the Minister on page 46, the last Item on Juba, Sudan. As I said yesterday, we should give Juba a higher attention than we appear to have done in this Budget. They have provided to construct a building in Juba. If we intend to reap the peace dividends that we have been talking about because of our efforts in its process in Southern Sudan, why is it that we cannot get this Kshs40 million this financial year as opposed to next financial year if you are serious about our relationship with ... view
• 28 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to say one or two words about the Vote of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From the outset, I would like to appreciate the sentiments expressed by other speakers regarding what we are calling "Kenya's Foreign Policy". We have seen several policy documents and blueprints brought to this House, debated and adopted. We have seen one on education and another one on the youth. We have also seen another one on Jua Kali or something like that. One would have expected that in January, 2003, when the new ... view
• 28 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you replace "chancellor" with "judge". "Justice is as long as the judge's foot", means that it is a matter of discretion. I am saying this because very recently I watched the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tuju, at some function in some North African country, I think Morocco or Algeria. When I watched him speaking, I looked at his facial expressions and I was very convinced that they were like the justice that we are saying is as long as the judge's foot, because this discretion can be very detrimental. You just need to deal ... view