Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 154.

• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: It is not a question and answer session between me and the hon. Member for Lang'ata. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was speaking in broad terms; I will come down to the specifics. I was in Cabinet with Mr. Raila and Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o when the Government, with substantial and extensive participation by Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o who is my personal friend and former teacher started shifting away from the traditional itemising of detailed budget line to a new standard classification of the Budget, where output rather than line items is put in the broad categorisation. This means that if you go into the details that are read horizontally you have those items that are put under "other" delineated. ... view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if I have been discussing personalities, then I am wrong. But if I am discussing issues raised by persons, I am right. The analogy that "hata mkia ni nyama" is a statement by Mr. Raila that money is being spent on people who are heading departments being called Ministries. It is not about the character and person of Mr. Raila. But because he saw the difference, he did not raise any point of order. I hope you also start seeing the difference. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this country is at a critical moment. We cannot pretend ... view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Kshs13.8 billion that I mentioned is as follows:- (i) Because of the need for emergency energy because of the drought that affected the sourcing of power, Kshs4 billion has been allocated. That is the Global Energy Budget. (ii) For relief food and rehabilitation, there is Kshs6.3 billion and Kshs6.6 billion for Strategic Food Security Reserves. (iii) There are Kshs3 billion for Ministry of Water and Irrigation for digging boreholes, purchase of livestock and maintenance of breeding stocks for regeneration. I am afraid that, that was comprehensively discussed when the Government sought to use it. Mr. ... view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in seconding, I want to thank the Assistant Minister for Finance for this amendment. I too expressed a desire that for us to do things the right way, what seems to be infringing on separate accounting procedures has to be corrected, and I am glad that it is being done. The import of what the Assistant Minister is doing is to rectify what was wrongly done. While at it, may I take this opportunity to point out to Members what I mentioned and was challenged by Mr. Raila. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to my mind, the main thing that was legitimately raised by Members of the Opposition was the transfer of Ministerial benefits to the Parliamentary Budget. I am glad that the Ministry of Finance is responding to that genuine concern. I encourage the spirit that when matters are legitimately raised, Government has to show the maturity to positively respond to them and not go into reverse gear or resist them. With those remarks, I beg to second. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With the indulgence of the Chair, when I was making my contribution, I made certain statements and I was asked by hon. Members to show where they appear in the Supplementary Estimates. If you can grant me the indulgence, I would like to substantiate what I said. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was arguing that hon. Raila was wrong to claim that the total provision for famine relief in the Supplementary Estimates is Kshs600 million. I contested that and I just wanted to show where the evidence is. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not re-open any debate. My purpose is just to prove that the claim of Kshs600 million is not correct. I would like to refer hon. Members to page 3 of the Recurrent Expenditure, Head 275, Item 2640200, Emergency Relief and Refugee Assistance, Kshs6.3 billion. On page 4 of the same volume, Head 564, Item 3120100, Acquisition of Strategic Stocks has an allocation of Kshs1.6 billion, showing an increase of Kshs600 million. Additionally, there are pages 492 and 627 of the Development Estimates concerning what I had mentioned about energy and the Ministry of Water and ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I confirm that new investments worth Kshs10.5 billion were processed and approved in the year 2005, out of which Kshs6.5 billion was by foreign investors. (b) The new investments were realised in the service, manufacturing, tourism and agricultural sectors of the economy. (c) The following incentives were given to the new investors: exemption from duty and Value Added Tax (VAT) for machinery and equipment for manufacturing projects, in addition to 100 per cent investment allowance, exemption from duty and VAT for construction material, fixtures and hotel equipment in the hotel industry, ... view