Eng. Paul Musyimi Nzengu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: As a matter of fact, it is a pity that even as Members of Parliament and other members who are insured, several medical insurance schemes do not cover cancer screening or cancer testing. I have had an experience of going to Aga Khan Hospital where I wanted to be tested for cancer, I was told that our medical cover does not cover any test on cancer. If medical insurance companies cannot cover cancer screening; what about the guys in the village who do not have an opportunity to even get access to insurance? I rise to support this Motion by ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I second the proposed amendment as moved by Hon. Kareke Mbiuki. Indeed, the insertion of paragraph (f) that the KWS be allowed to use Kshs222 million from the Appropriations-in-Aid is as a result of increased revenue collections. We have a new management team that is keen to saving money from the collections from parks and other revenues for the KWS. We note that the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife is one of the ministries that is being underfunded by the National Treasury. Secondly, on the question of water and sewerage infrastructure programme under the water and ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: For instance, we have a project in Oyugis Town where the contractor has already been given what we call an advance payment guarantee together with the consultants. That money has not been included in this Supplementary Budget, which means that it will become a pending bill. What this means is that in the 2019/2020 Budget, this will be reflected as a pending bill and that would deny the opportunity for that project to proceed. Rather than proceeding, the money for the 2019/2020 will then be used to pay the pending bills, which then prolongs the period of time for the ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this Budget of 2019/2020. I just want to make a few observations since I was seriously involved in the budget-making. One of the observations I want to make is that during our interrogation of the Budget, we realised that ministries like the Ministry of Environment were duplicating activities in which case, they would have one department doing tree planting and another one doing the same thing. We harmonised that into one department because we thought it was effective in implementation. Related to that is ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Kshs9 billion but every year it is being allocated Kshs1 billion and we have pending bills in excess of the amount of money that has been allocated. Finally, as I beg for an extra minute, is the question of Kenya Forest Service asking for a total of Kshs5.5 billion in recurrent expenditure. The Kenya Forest Service has aged trees that if sold or converted into timber, they should be able to raise enough amount of money in excess of Kshs5.5 billion so that they can meet the recurrent expenditure and this money that is being allocated to it can be ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I would like to support the proposal. I would like to ask the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning a question. He is not listening. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: As much as I agree with the proposed conditions for foreign contractors, we must be realistic in the conditions we put. It is not realistic to tell people to give performance bonds worth the amount of the contract. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: It is my opinion. So, please allow me to say it. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: If we are talking about a contract of Kshs20 billion and then we say that you must provide a bond of kshs20 billion, it is not realistic. We should have a percentage. Currently, the law says that you do a performance bond of 10 per cent of the contract amount. The law also says that you give advance payment guarantee of 20 per cent. I am just pleading with the Chairman to consider giving a more realistic figure like a percentage of 50 per cent of the contract amount. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Yes, I am ready. view