Kipruto Moi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 41 to 50 of 141.

• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the enactment of the Kenya Accreditation Service Bill will revolutionise the standards and conformity and set the stage for international recognition of products from Kenya. A has been stated, we seek to expand and promote our exports and this is the only way to do that. If the countries that we export our goods to trust the Kenyan system, then we will be able to promote our services and goods. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: It will also enhance the realisation of the Big Four Agenda of the Government, particularly in manufacturing and affordable housing. Emerging global consensus demands that a nation has a singular national accreditation body to be established per country. For example, among the European Union countries, prior to 2009, there were two accreditation bodies in the UK, namely, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and the Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA). By 2013, the CPA was absorbed by UKAS an so, the UK has one accreditation body. There is a great demand for this. We cannot have multiple agencies doing this function. ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: This Bill will in effect transition Kenya from the Kenya Accreditation Bill No.59 of 2009 into an effective organisation that can promote trade both locally and internationally for this country. That is extremely important. The sugar saga of last year occurred because no one believed the reports by KEBS. This recognition by the international system is very important for Kenya. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: With those few words, I support the Motion and wish everybody a wonderful new year. Thank you very much. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. It is good you did not listen to these other Members. Otherwise, I would not be speaking today. I would like to comment on the amendment to the SACCO Societies Act. From the outset, I oppose it because I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. The chairman, Hon. Kanini Kega, has spoken and we had done away with these amendments. These amendments aim to create a class of members that are referred to as social impact members. These members are not similar to the other ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: amendments were discussed and thrown out. So, we are extremely surprised that they have come back again through the back door. Therefore, this is a back door attempt I think by certain individuals to use the cooperative movement for even money laundering. This is because it will be possible to do that since the other ordinary members have no stake in the social impact group. So, money laundering will be possible and eventually it will destroy I think one of the largest cooperative movements in Africa. We will not accept this. With those few comments, I totally oppose. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. The SACCO movement is a very important one because the SACCO sector in Kenya has experienced tremendous growth over the years. The sector has over 6,000 active SACCOs with over 14 million members. It is very big and vast sector of the economy. Besides helping to enhance financial inclusion, the cooperative movement has a lot of savings of its members to the tune of Kshs500 billion. That is a lot of money. Because of the importance attached to ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 4 gives powers to this Authority to impose minimum standards on significant members and officers of a SACCO. Persons serving on the board should undertake at least minimum professional courses so that we inculcate a culture of professionalism in the management of SACCOs. Clause 5 mandates SACCO societies to exchange information. I have heard several other Members talk about credit information sharing between SACCOs, between SACCOs and banks and between SACCOs and microfinance institutions so that we weed out bad borrowers. With those few remarks, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I am a Member of that Committee. ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. It is a very important Bill and I support it. As we know, agriculture is the backbone of many economies in Africa. In Kenya, it accounts for about 30 per cent of the GDP and it employs close to 75 per cent of the population. So, it is a very important sector of the economy. While agriculture remains a key economic sector and a key link to food security, only about 5 per cent of lending by banks in this country goes to the agriculture sector ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Finally, in the last few months, farmers in the Rift Valley have suffered greatly. One, because we did not have a warehouse receipt system and two, because of corruption. If we had this system in place, farmers who could not take their produce to the NCPB would have put their commodities in the warehouse and waited until the imported maize was sold and then they would get better prices for their commodities. But this is not the case because of corruption. This monster called corruption will have to be tamed or killed. I prefer the latter. Corruption has brought misery ... view