Kipruto Rono Kirwa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 41 to 50 of 168.

• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will do slightly better than that. Our intention is to ensure that the poorest of the poor will be able to have fertiliser for free. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was no money in the Budget. We are proposing to have it in the next Budget. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the first part of the question, the programme has just started and we have statistics from the Ministry of Planning and National Development on those who are poor. As far as Khwisero is concerned, we will only capture the poorest of the poor, and if they happen to be in Khwisero, we will be able to capture them. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I undertake to communicate to the Ministry. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, give us up to Tuesday, next week. I will communicate to the Ministry. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the House, so that we answer this Question on Tuesday afternoon. view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. These are the measures the Ministry has undertaken to address the issue of the expiry of COMESA safeguard measures:- (i) We have improved on corporate governance in the industry. (ii) We have reduced interest lending rates on Sugar Development Levy (SDL) from 10 per cent to 5 per cent. (iii) We have waived accrued interest and penalties on SDL amounting to Kshs4.7 billion. (iv) We have lent over Kshs3.5 billion to the industry for the last four years. (v) We have retired all farmers' arrears amounting to Kshs2.3 billion, of which Kshs1.15 ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was not possible, within the time allotted, to say all the things that I have done and those which we are doing. What I said is that in the Cabinet memo, we have captured a number of issues, one of them being that of re-structuring the balance sheets of all the sugar companies, totalling close to Kshs20 billion to ensure that they have a working balance sheet that can be useful to any investor. The issue of taxes is also captured, but I would want the House to bear in mind that when we talk ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the definition of the word "future" starts with tomorrow. Suffice to say the following: We have taken into consideration the issue of safeguard measures. As you know, akin to all protocols internationally, you have to give the position of what you have done as a country before you request further extension of safeguard measures period. Meetings are on-going. Today, we sent three officers to Djibouti for discussions. From 11th May to 14th May, 2007, we will have a series of meetings in Kenya. I do not want to pre-empt the discussions at those meetings, but at ... view
• 18 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is one of the issues that we are considering, because under the Rule of Origin, any country that does not, in any way, value-add a product to 40 per cent does not qualify to re-export that commodity to a neighbouring country. The information available within my Ministry, and the sector, is that we are far ahead of the competition in ensuring that when the COMESA safeguard period ends, we shall be able to face competition without any problem. view