Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Mover of the Motion, hon. Namwamba and the Seconder of the Motion. If there is anything that is important to Kenyans at this particular moment, it is the issue of the rising cost of fuel. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: I want to agree that all the issues that have been raised here before me are, indeed, true and correct. I also want to take this opportunity to ask Members to address some of the issues that have been raised as causing the increase in petroleum products. I quickly want to start with the issue of the weakening Kenyan shilling. As we are all aware, all the petroleum products are bought in dollars. In the recent months, our Kenya shilling has actually been on very serious weakening trends. As you may be aware, currently, the exchange rate is about Kshs85 ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly, it is important to note that the international prices have been on the increase in the recent times. As a non-oil producing country, Kenya needs to clearly look for ways and means of lobbying the oil producing countries. As it is right now, the countries that are actually suffering are poor third world countries that do not have oil reserves. Big economies such as the United States of America and many of the Europeans countries have reserves that can take them through such difficult times. Therefore, their cost of living within the short-term will not ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am also trying to advocate for a situation whereby players, especially within the Third World countries, and within the recognized bodies can lobby for the big powers, and especially the countries that are also involved in some of the conflicts in the Middle East, can look at the impact of the conflict in the middle east, especially on the poor of the poorest because some of the countries will be forced to stop some of their programmes, including health, education and sanitation and put some of their funds to subsidizing food. Therefore, much as it ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, last year, we had the Bill on price controls that was rejected by His Excellency and returned with a memorandum. The issues that have been raised by His Excellency are, indeed, pertinent. One of the issues that have been raised is the issue of the East African Community. We have entered the regional bloc. If we ended up controlling prices, what would happen to some of the commodities that are actually emanating from the larger East Africa? This is an area that we might want to look at and revisit the Bill, so that we can ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me also to comment that there has been concern that, may be, the trips made by the Prime Minister and the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs could be many. I want to say that, that may well be true. But also this House is notorious because every Committee, even the smallest of Committees, will be making trips to all manner of countries sometimes to ask irrelevant questions or questions that can be answered through the internet and through visiting some of the missions in this country. So, even as we point at the Executive, ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I cannot withdraw the truth. It will be remembered that earlier on, this Tenth Parliament actually had a workshop and, indeed, invited Mr. Kaparo, who was the former Speaker. It was agreed that even the Tenth Parliament, the problem of hon. Members always wanting to visit countries even when it is not absolutely necessary was a matter that we all agreed on. I think it is not fair to point at the Prime Minister and the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs when you know that at any one time, a quarter of hon. Members ... view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: I think it is good to be honest. It is not time to point fingers because we want to look for solutions. I think the day when our--- view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, to the extent of the questions, I do want to withdraw. But as to whether we may be able to address some of the issues locally and, therefore, reduce the cost for the country and the taxpayer, it is an area we may all want to look forward. view
• 11 May 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, I also want to say that we also have a big problem that we must address as a nation. As we may be aware, we have over 20,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are currently in camps. Most of these people were farmers, and if you look at the population of 20,000 farmers who were probably producing 100 bags per year each, you will find that we are losing over two million bags per year and we end up feeding people who should actually feed the nation. Subsequently, we lose about 2.5 million bags that would have, otherwise, come ... view