Dr. Kithure Kindiki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 171 to 180 of 562.

• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the party is alive, but in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). We wish it well, but I have already said from where I stand, I think it is over. Article 186 (1) of the Constitution provides that the functions that are provided for in Schedule Four Parts I and II respectively, shall be exercised exclusively by the national Government and county government, respectively. The lawyers call that exclusive jurisdiction clause. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Article 186 (2) provides what in law is known as concurrence jurisdiction. It says that a function may be performed concurrently by ... view
• 4 Nov 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Article 187 provides that the reason for transfer is effectiveness. It is not for fun. It has to be manifested even in the transfer deed that the reason the transfer is being effected is to make the delivery of that service effective. Even in that case, the resources are supposed to follow the organ or level of government implementing the function. However, the constitutional responsibility remains with the original owner of the function. The same provisions of Articles 186 and 127 have been amplified in Sections 25 and 26 of the Intergovernmental Relations Act of 2012. ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to make very brief remarks. First, I will talk about the strikes and incidents around our schools. It is my view that the curriculum is overcrowded for our children. The situation has even become worse with COVID-19 because a heavy curriculum has now had to be dealt with in the context of a backlog. There is only so much that a human can sustain. It is impossible to raise children while subjecting them to the kind of study programme that we are subjecting them to at the moment. Secondly, as nation, we must ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: As an officer of the court, am imploring our Judiciary to be sensitive of the practicability of the court orders when they make them because we must respect the court orders. When a judge instructs a public institution to do something, he must ask himself how that public body will implement his court order. Otherwise, we are creating a difficult situation where one will have an embarrassment and we do not want to expose our Judiciary because they have already been exposed by other arms of Government. We will be the last to expose our Judiciary to any lack of ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I almost asked whether it was in order for, Sen. Cherargei, to refer to the Speaker as his neighbor. However, since he has finished, I will leave it to lie. view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: The stock piling of debt is a matter of grave national concern. At the moment, the total debt in the country remains unclear. The Executive continues to deny that they have mortgaged the county and that the debt is not sustainable. At 70 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Kenya‟s debt is not sustainable. I will explain why. I know that in many countries, the level of debt is quite high compared to the GDP. For example, the United States of America (USA) is about 110 per cent. In Singapore, it is about 165 per cent. In Japan, it ... view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: While the countries I have cited the debt is owned by locals, most of our debt is owned by foreigners, in terms of foreign nations. While in these countries most of the debt has concessional or minimal interest rates, much of our debt portfolio is not only owned by foreigners, but is at commercial as opposed to concessional interest rates. view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: For example, in Japan, 95 per cent of the debt is owned by Japanese companies or wealthy high net worth individuals, mainly elderly people who are not in a hurry to keep on investing here and there and do not want risk-averse investments. They will not call the debts any time soon. This is because most of it is owned by Japanese families in perpetuity. However, in this country, on the contrary, most of the debts are owned by foreign nationals and corporations, and the interest rates are exorbitant. view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the second reason why our debt is not sustainable is because of the question, what collateral is used against the debt in question? view
• 2 Nov 2021 in Senate: In the USA, Japan, Singapore et cetera, the debt is entirely owned by the equivalent of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). For example, 93 per cent of the Japanese debt is owned by the Bank of Japan. Being such, it is unlikely that the Bank of view