Moses Lessonet

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There is an issue of stalled projects in Kenya like in many constituencies. Let me start with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). We have stalled projects worth Kshs7billion in the NG-CDF. The new Members of Parliament who came in this Parliament and those who came in the last Parliament have, in one way or another abandoned the projects. I am talking about projects which were started but were not completed. A Member came in and found a classroom at foundation and reallocated the money to another project. Another one came and found a laboratory incomplete and decided to ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There is an issue of stalled projects in Kenya like in many constituencies. Let me start with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). We have stalled projects worth Kshs7billion in the NG-CDF. The new Members of Parliament who came in this Parliament and those who came in the last Parliament have, in one way or another abandoned the projects. I am talking about projects which were started but were not completed. A Member came in and found a classroom at foundation and reallocated the money to another project. Another one came and found a laboratory incomplete and decided to ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There are also pending bills. There are projects which are complete but they have not been paid for fully. If you want to find out very quickly about pending bills, visit the county governments, especially where there was change of leadership in the last General Election. We are aware that pending bills in county governments are around Kshs100billion. Just like stalled projects, we are emphasising that they should also be prioritised when payments are made. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There are also pending bills. There are projects which are complete but they have not been paid for fully. If you want to find out very quickly about pending bills, visit the county governments, especially where there was change of leadership in the last General Election. We are aware that pending bills in county governments are around Kshs100billion. Just like stalled projects, we are emphasising that they should also be prioritised when payments are made. view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We have spoken about public debt. We are not saying that we do not want the Government to start any new projects. We want it to work smart. We want to see Public Private Partnerships (PPP). When I talk about PPP, I am not talking about the example of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). There are viable projects in Kenya which the private sector is ready and available to deliver. We are calling upon the National Treasury which has a fully fledged department to engage the private sector. If you go there, you will see very prominently the PPP ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We have spoken about public debt. We are not saying that we do not want the Government to start any new projects. We want it to work smart. We want to see Public Private Partnerships (PPP). When I talk about PPP, I am not talking about the example of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). There are viable projects in Kenya which the private sector is ready and available to deliver. We are calling upon the National Treasury which has a fully fledged department to engage the private sector. If you go there, you will see very prominently the PPP ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We have not seen any creativity by the National Treasury in rolling out PPP. When I talk about that l look at the Nairobi-Nakuru Road. I do not go to Kisumu and so, I do not know whether we need the private sector to construct the road up to Kisumu. When I was a young accountant, I used to travel from Nairobi to Nakuru in less than two hours 10 years ago. It takes us three-and-a-half hours to travel from Nairobi to Nakuru now. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We have not seen any creativity by the National Treasury in rolling out PPP. When I talk about that l look at the Nairobi-Nakuru Road. I do not go to Kisumu and so, I do not know whether we need the private sector to construct the road up to Kisumu. When I was a young accountant, I used to travel from Nairobi to Nakuru in less than two hours 10 years ago. It takes us three-and-a-half hours to travel from Nairobi to Nakuru now. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of ... view
• 27 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We need PPP to roll out that road. We are more than ready to pay toll charges on that particular section of the road. That is one area which we are calling upon the Government to be very serious about so that we do not go the easy route of going to a commercial bank to get a loan for a project which the private sector can do. If we do that, we will get into trouble like the one we have read in the newspapers today. Those dams should have been constructed by the private sector. view