Omingo Magara

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am not challenging your ruling but, from the outset, let me also state here that I appreciate the concerns shown by Members of Parliament regarding my personal security. I believe that this is genuine concern, and I do not think that there is anybody in this House who is trying to kind of input any motive as regards what I have stated. Remember that, if you have not had the experience I had, it is traumatising to the extent that you can never imagine it in terms of shock. Indeed, last ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (a) The Conference has just been concluded and the Ministry is in the process of compiling and reconciling the records on the expenses incurred in preparing, organizing and catering for the delegates. I will be able to provide comprehensive details of expenditure on 10th September, 2009. Having said, that, I want to thank the hon. Members for also getting involved and supporting the cause of the Conference that was extremely successful. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (b) There was a budget provision of Kshs90 million to cater for the hosting of the AGOA Conference. This can easily be found in our Budget Estimates under the hospitality item. That can be found in our records. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The AGOA Forum, also known as the Annual US Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Co-operation, is held alternately in Africa and the US. This was the third time it was being held in Africa and the first time in East Africa. Kenya was favoured to host it. The benefits accruing as a result of AGOA are as follows:- view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: One, the country’s exporters to the US market were made aware of the conditions and standards they need to meet in order to access the US market. Two, the publicity of the Conference in Nairobi brought home to Kenyans the need to diversify the range of products to be exported to the US. Three, the Conference also brought together investors from the US in Kenya and, therefore, provided a chance for negotiations for joint ventures. Four, the positive publicity brought about by the Conference in Nairobi, especially in the international Press, portrayed the country as a good investment destination as ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my colleague here that we exposed Kenyans to that kind of forum and, perhaps, if you want to know the details of what we are benefiting from so far, we are taking advantage of only 20 items as opposed to precisely 6,900 items. Those are the items that we are supposed to benefit from America. That is the more reason why we took the advantage to publicize and let Kenyans know what they did not know. Sometimes, it is true that we have the information. But the consumption of the information is the ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Thirdly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why we have delayed in getting the full benefits is due to non-availability of information. We wait for a whole year to review what we have done so far. But in our bilateral and consultative meetings, the Ministers from Africa agreed to form a peer review mechanism where we are going to meet bi- annually so that, by the end of the year during the final meeting, we can know where we have come from, where we are and where we intend to go. I believe that, by the end of next year, the ... view
• 13 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a wonderful proposal. We do agree that, that was an initiative by the American Government during President Clinton’s time. It was inherited by the former President, Bush, and now, our own son Barack Obama, has taken it up. That is why we saw the Secretary of State visiting here. It is okay for any other Governments to enter into bilateral agreements with us. I think we are not restricted to only that market. Again, you know we are now living in a free market economy. I think yours is a good proposal and we can ... view