Patrick Makau King'ola

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I join the other Members who said that the President’s Address to Parliament was a good public relations exercise. Constitutionally, the President is supposed to address Parliament annually and dedicate the state of the nation to Kenyans. The President said that our country’s GDP has grown by 5.74 per cent, which is an indicator of a growing economy. However, if you look at the prices of basic necessities like milk and bread since Jubilee Government came to power, you will see that they have doubled. The price of a ... view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: The issue of electricity is a myth to most homesteads in this country. You cannot launch an electrification programme and say each household will pay Kshs15,000 connection fee only for the implementing agency to continue charging the normal fee. Most Members in this House will confirm that the Kshs15,000 electricity connection fee that the President promised Kenyans has not been actualised. Kenyans are still paying more than Kshs32,500. Even the distribution and connection is not being done as promised. You cannot tell me that we are going to grow the economy of this country without electricity. Therefore, I find that ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I have a lot of respect for Hon. Maanzo, who is in the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, but is he in order to tell this House that KMC is badly mismanaged? I have given a lot of money to KMC. I accompanied the Committee, which Hon. Maanzo is a Member, to KMC. Having given the KMC Kshs450 million, the Managing Director of the Commission squandered it within a month and the Committee did nothing to punish him. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: He sits in that Committee and he should inform the House accordingly. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me inform the Member. You know the managing commissioner works for those conduits. You cannot put Kshs450 million into KMC and within a month the money is not there. Staff have not been paid their salaries and suppliers have not been paid their dues. It is clear Hon. Sakaja is a senior Member of Jubilee. We know the National Treasury gives money to KMC. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I stand guided. I am a Member of the National Assembly and one of my functions is oversight. If this Government gives any Government institution money, I am there as a representative of the people to question how the money has been spent. You cannot sit here while your money is being siphoned through Government agencies in the name of managing directors. These are people who are appointed in the night and in the morning, they eat all the money. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I have nothing personal. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you so much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thought I would have some time to contribute substantively to this debate. The drafter of this Bill had a lot of intentions. For example, he has used all the letters of alphabet laying out the functions of the board. Talking about livestock, it is not just about livestock belonging to pastoralists. We are talking about livestock belonging to Kenyans generally. Regarding the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), I want to inform this House that it was formed about 72 years ago. Just a decade ago, KMC was one of the best blue chip ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: KMC in the name of going to buy livestock from ASAL areas. We have the Department of Disaster Management within the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. Those are people who are supposed to be given that money. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Managing Commissioner at the KMC has sacked all my people. There is nobody from the Kamba community working at the KMC. Everybody comes from the North-Eastern region. They are sacking my people left, right and centre. I am very concerned. I am appealing to this House to have the Managing Commissioner sent home. view