Moses Lessonet

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We have listened to the Members. They want to see more concern on the production sectors and, more so, agriculture – which is the biggest employer and one sector that contributes most to the Gross Domestic Product of this great Republic. We will ensure that in future, the budgetary requirements for institutions like the Judiciary continue accessing more funding. We will ensure that the right limit is given in the next Budget. This is so that the Judiciary can take a leading role in dispensing justice in this Republic and, more importantly, in the fight against corruption. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There is a very important fund called the NG-CDF. This is a fund whose impact is being felt in the constituencies. Close to zero of resources from NG-CDF are stolen. This is a fund which is implemented by the Wanjiku on the ground. We will continue ensuring that more funding is directed towards the NG-CDF. We will also address the subject of the arrears amounting to Kshs4.9 billion. We hope to achieve this in the next Budget. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you for presiding over this very important session. It will definitely go into the record of this Republic that the BPS for 2019/2020 was passed while you presided over the House. With those few remarks, I beg to reply. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I am a senior MP. Hon. John Mbadi and I and others who are doing their third term are senior MPs. The rest are just MPs. Maoka Maore is also a senior MP having come here severally. Kimani Ichung’wah is working very hard. Very soon he will be a senior MP. Thank you very much for this opportunity to support this BPS. I will only be complementing all the remarks made by the Chair, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. First, for avoidance of doubt, the BPS is different from the estimates. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. I am a senior MP. Hon. John Mbadi and I and others who are doing their third term are senior MPs. The rest are just MPs. Maoka Maore is also a senior MP having come here severally. Kimani Ichung’wah is working very hard. Very soon he will be a senior MP. Thank you very much for this opportunity to support this BPS. I will only be complementing all the remarks made by the Chair, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. First, for avoidance of doubt, the BPS is different from the estimates. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the departmental committees and the MDAs took this Budget Policy Statement as if it was the Budget Estimates. They went into very minute details of projects. The BPS, just like its wording, is about policy. For example, it is on revenue collection, debt and above all, the intention of the Government on how to spend the revenue collected. That is where the ministries and departmental committees took the opportunity and drove an agenda, as if these were Budget Estimates. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the departmental committees and the MDAs took this Budget Policy Statement as if it was the Budget Estimates. They went into very minute details of projects. The BPS, just like its wording, is about policy. For example, it is on revenue collection, debt and above all, the intention of the Government on how to spend the revenue collected. That is where the ministries and departmental committees took the opportunity and drove an agenda, as if these were Budget Estimates. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: The Budget Estimates will be brought in April and they will be interrogated thoroughly by this House, departmental committees and the respective ministries. Considering our level of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is a middle income economy; economists tell us that we should collect more revenue than we are collecting now. Hon. Makali, a serious economist, will confirm that shortly. You have heard from the Chair, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah that we told the National Treasury to find out why we are not collecting as much revenue as we should. We do not want to doubt the GDP figures because ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: The Budget Estimates will be brought in April and they will be interrogated thoroughly by this House, departmental committees and the respective ministries. Considering our level of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is a middle income economy; economists tell us that we should collect more revenue than we are collecting now. Hon. Makali, a serious economist, will confirm that shortly. You have heard from the Chair, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah that we told the National Treasury to find out why we are not collecting as much revenue as we should. We do not want to doubt the GDP figures because ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: were confirmed by other institutions, including World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) that we are truly a middle income economy. Therefore, we should be collecting ordinary revenue which is close to Kshs2trillion. As the Budget and Appropriations Committee, that is one item which we took up with the National Treasury. They need to make sure that we collect all the revenue that is possible. It is possible that some monies are lost somewhere whether in the collection system, collection methods or because most of our payments have gone digital. We settle our payments through Mpesa and other online ... view