Dr. Patrick Mweu Musimba

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I stand guided. I know it is an ambush on the part of the Chair of Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. Nuclear is something the county needs to consider very closely. view
• 31 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. view
• 26 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the import of what has been passed, in terms of substituting Cabinet with a CS, and the further distinction that you will have a committee, is that the committee is fine for the expediency of accelerating PPPs. But in terms of determining what projects are going to lie under PPPs, that is the sole obligation of the Cabinet in terms of how they align priority projects. For instance, we are dealing with the Big Four Agenda and if the Government, through the normal budget-making process, has already provided, say, funds for certain projects and then the ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute. These are things which we had discourse over even in the 11th Parliament. My concerns are pretty straightforward because what has been called to question is whether an Act lapses. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: We have the Finance Act, 2017, which was passed by this House. It mandates the National Treasury to collect taxes in a defined way. The budget-making process is solely the purview of Parliament. Otherwise, we consult with the CS only when Article 114 of the Constitution checks in when we propose Bills or measures. The primal point that has been raised is that Kenya is always an entity which is a growing concern. When we look at the issue of the Committee of Ways and Means, saying that we want to mandate particular taxes to be collected, my biggest concern ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: As a colleague said, our mandate in the House is to ensure that everything that we pass is in the interest of the people of the Republic of Kenya. Taxes, as was ably raised by Hon. Ichung’wah, are very sensitive, especially when loopholes are created. I will take that word ‘loophole’ back. A scenario is created where corporate Kenya can come out and say that in the next 90 days or even in just 30 days, they will collect money from the public that might not necessarily end up in the National Treasury. This is a very salient thing because ... view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is a point I wanted your guidance on because we say everything emanates from the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. There were fundamental rights which were The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: enshrined in there that cannot be negated just because we have statutory instruments. They cannot go against the greater will of Kenyans. view
• 5 Jul 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view