Otieno Kajwang

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 601 to 610 of 1172.

• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have two apologies to make, if you allow me. view
• 18 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought the sanctions could be lifted here. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: There are a total of 26,077 work permits that have been issued to foreign applicants in the last four years. As at 31st December, 2010 only 14,826 work permits were active, 11,251 of them had either expired or had been cancelled for various reasons. The nationalities are as follows:- view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: In 2007, for Indians there were 2,074, in 2008 it was 2,008, in 2009 it was 3,235, in 2010 it was 3,264 giving a total of 10,581. Those from China, in 2005 there were 450, in 2008 there were 1,103, in 2009 there were 783 and in 2010 there were 1,158 giving a total 3,494. For Americans, in 2007 there were 222, in 2008 there were 275, in 2009 there were 345 and in 2010 there were 751 giving a total of 1,593. For British, in 2007 there were 551, in 2008 there were 662, in 2009 there were 736 ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Then there are some minor applicants like South Africans who were 108 in 2007, 137 in 2008, 132 in 2009 and 10 in 2010 giving a total of 387. For Pakistanis, there were 42 in 2007, 39 in 2008, 64 in 2009 and 85 in 2010 giving a total of 230. For Ugandans, there were 97 in 2007, 94 in 2008, 134 in 2009 and 108 in 2010 giving a total of 434 in that period. For Tanzanians, in 2007 there were 61, in 2008 there were 67, in 2009 there were 71 and in 2010 we had 64, making ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: The next question is about their professions. The professions are also summarized in the document. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to further clarify that the Ministry issues work permits as guided by the Immigrations Act, Cap.172, the Investment Promotion Act and view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me give various classes of investors. When recently we were building a new hotel in Parklands area, there was an application from the investor to be allowed to bring in some expatriates to help with some specialized jobs. I asked myself, what could be these specialized jobs that a foreigner would be required to do on a hotel building? When I enquired, I found out that sometimes when you are buying equipment, whether cooling equipment in the kitchen, or air conditioning or many other little things that are bought, you agree with the supplier that ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I am coming to that. I was just giving an example. In most cases they ask for a period of between 30 and 90 days, or sometimes fewer days, to bring in the people who come, install the equipment and go back. They may also ask for one or two people to train the Kenyan people to do the job. On the earthmovers that the hon. Member has referred to, each contractor, before they even sign the contract agreement, agree with the client Ministry, which in this case is the Ministry of Roads, on what kind of technical people they ... view
• 27 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Of course if there are any “rockets” anywhere then we will need some information from my friend, and we will deal with the matter. I think the “rockets” should fly out of the country. I do not know of a situation, other than where we have entered into agreement with our neighbouring countries under the East African Community (EAC), that anybody would be allowed to do any work here if he or she is a foreigner without a work permit. If there is any, he or she is doing so illegally. In fact, I think we have only entered into ... view