Kabando wa Kabando

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: drawing huge salaries from public coffers and they are supposed to enrich the legislative agenda of this House - and the Chairmen of the Committees are easily available. There needs to be a bridge. view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we are going to audit them. We will ask for their names and what they are earning. Otherwise, there is a space and they are wasting public resources. view
• 23 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we are going to audit them. We will ask for their names and what they are earning. Otherwise, there is a space and they are wasting public resources. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. At the outset, I would like to say that on this particular clause, I was convinced directly by His Excellency the President who had the courtesy to give me a call on 27th May. Despite the initial hesitance that I had--- When I introduced this Bill, there was unanimity in this House. The Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade endorsed this legislative proposal unanimously. On the Floor of the House, the endorsement was overwhelming without any single dissent or hesitation from any side. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: There was initial polite opposition to the Bill by the then Governor of CBK and throughout the process of lobbying, I also came across some polite opposition from the Cabinet Secretary (CS) who chose to speak to the media more than to the Committee or directly to the House. There was also some kind of polite opposition from the Principal Secretaries themselves. Dealing with pragmatism and reality, I would like to say that the fact that we have now in place a decision through an Executive order that, within the next three weeks, the Government of Kenya The electronic version ... view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: is launching that very programme that I sought to put in place and anchor it in law, no one can say that it may escape in future. That is somebody who may not want to deal with benevolence and the prerogative of the President. However, realistically to finish is that the fact that they have lowered--- The announcement was made by the CS in his Budget Statement that in fact in July, they are lowering from Kshs50,000 to Kshs3,000 so that small lenders will be able to access Government securities. Therefore, with all humility, I acknowledge, accept and agree with ... view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I have been itching to speak because exactly what Hon. Sakaja has said is exactly what 48 hours ago I posted on my Facebook wall. We must borrow from global best practice and we must not be captives of our present benefits and convenience and escape from standing firmly on an inconvenience or uncomfortable position and show courage. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: You have seen what has happened in Russia. We have seen leadership at the top moving out for 10 years and coming back. You have seen what has been happening in Israel where you have seen prime ministers moving out and coming back. They have been accommodated. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: In this House, exactly behind me, I see Members who have stayed out of this House for 10 years. In those 10 years they had been receiving their pension. We have a Member in this House who left in 2002, he was a Member for Maragua, he just came back nearly 15 years later. What we are trying to do and we may think that we in Jubilee are doing very good, let me tell you my colleagues, we are creating a very bad picture of the Leader of Jubilee. view
• 18 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: A few minutes ago, allow me to complete, you saw me with humility ceding a lot of ground because of political realism; being pragmatic. view