Dr. Patrick Mweu Musimba

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I am not out of order, hon. Speaker. You are a Member of this House. view
• 18 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: No, with all due reverence. view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. I want to support the Motion with the following observations as we wait the tabling of the actual budget statement. From the Budget and Appropriations Committee’s own observations, and to echo the words of hon. Amina who left earlier, Parliament has a powerful role of oversight. It is indeed a major indictment on the part of the National Treasury in terms of following through their programmes. When you look at the last ten or so years of the growth rate of this nation, you can see it peaked in the year 2010. This ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: especially special because a lot of the human capital in this nation was mobilised to action. The bedrock of this economy is our youth, disadvantaged women and persons living with disabilities. However, we are not seeing a deliberate engagement of the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) with these groups. The mainstream industries which are quoted in the securities exchange employ slightly over 300,000 people. Our other cottage industries employ in excess of two million people of this economy. These are the Jua Kali artisans. These churn and contribute to more than 60 per cent of the incomes we collect on a ... view
• 12 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: effectively police the Executive. If, as a result of what we are doing, we grow the economy from, say, Kshs2 trillion to Kshs10 trillion over three or four years, a percentage of that should come back to us and it becomes the basis of moving our country forward. In terms of the social pillar, we have ably talked about shifting funds to our elderly people. Right now it is being done in a very haphazard manner. The Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Services is conducting a proper benchmarking survey to identify these people. However, we need to reward the ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity. From the outset, I want to amplify what is in our Constitution, which is very well inculcated in Chapter Four on our rights. In this regard, more ably, is about our socio-economic rights. It is important that we think about the seven million Kenyans that exist within our sugar sector.As much as we are looking at writing off over Kshs40 billion, which has already been passed by Cabinet and proposals that went through this House, there are certain preambles which must exist. In listening to my fellow colleagues, the question is: ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: sector that leans towards the labour force of this nation. It should be one that will grow and ensure prosperity for future generations. Colleagues have spoken about issuing shares to people. They discount them because they do not see immediate benefits because social pressures such as school fees and high cost of living face these people on a day to day basis. That is why I am thinking about preambles, which are very well articulated in the report as the issues facing this particular industry. The main thing is in establishing a futures market. This would ensure that prices are ... view
• 26 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: about sugar and thinking about diabetes but what else can be derived out of these things. This would create a new edge and grow a very substantive base. Even if the imports exist, whatever we produce can partly be absorbed locally. Any excess can be packaged and exported at value addition prices. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those observations, I support privatization but we must think ably through this initiative prior to getting to the point of actually seeking the partners we are talking about and see how we can aid the infrastructure. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise, from the outset, to oppose this particular Motion on the premise that what we have budgeted for the next four years is Kshs5.6 trillion which will bring our combined foreign debt to around US$64 billion which is completely beyond the percentages that are recommended even within the East Africa Monetary Union. It goes against the recommendations by our own Parliamentary Budget Office which states clearly in the Report that we are already at 53 per cent, in line with proposals in international rankings of our ratio of debt to GDP, which ranks Kenya at 59th position. ... view
• 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: collecting. When you look at our portfolio of ranking of our dollar and gold reserves in Kenya, you will see that we are currently ranked 9th in Africa and 91st in the world with just a reserve of US6.4 billion dollars. It has not been revealed what the mix is, but it challenges our ability to protect our currency from foreign currency fluctuations. Kenya is a net importer and it will put significant pressure on the shilling, which will mean the cost of our bread basket will be greatly affected. So, in echoing the words of some of our colleagues, ... view