Kipruto Rono Kirwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Therefore, we cannot turn ourselves into a court of law to start interpreting the statutes that we put in place. This is what my colleague has been trying to do this afternoon. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to state the following. One, the issue of sugar imports prior to 2003--- view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. colleague is urging me to move faster. However, I want to make some clarification on some of the issues, which I feel are not true and factual. It is not true that we spent Kshs200 million in terms of legal fees. This is because since the organisation was set up, the total amount of legal fees paid out is Kshs161 million, of which a sum of Kshs134 million was paid prior to my taking over the Ministry. A sum of Kshs27 million was paid during my tenure as legal fees. It is also ... view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is clear that there was a case against my colleague in a court of law. He was convicted. Later on, he was acquitted through an appeal. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not a rumour. The hon. Member was an hon. Member of my Committee and when we were supposed to travel to London, he was denied the visa. Information available to me, as the Chair of the Committee, is that he had a case in court; he was tried on issues of corruption, but later on acquitted. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am giving you information that I got as the Chair of this Committee. I can give you this report on Tuesday. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, because the information is not available to me now, I withdraw. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Muturi knows, and he has not denied the fact that he did not get a visa to London. He was supposed to travel with me. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologise on the issue of conviction. However, on the question of visa, he was not allowed to go to London. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir--- view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: I just want to finally say that it is not true, because the Committee wanted the Minister to do the business of giving directions to the businessmen. My job is to regulate. It is for the businessmen to decide whether they want to import 89,000 metric tonnes of sugar at one go or not. That is their business and not the business of the 2458 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 27, 2006 Minister. The position we take, as a Ministry, is that we need to play within the COMESA rules; the rules that we have passed in this House and any legal ... view