Peter Kenneth

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support Vote 12 - Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government. Let me congratulate the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government. He has been in the Government for a long time, and he has a good team and should be able to make the Ministry of Local Government an example, and set the way forward to make sure that the local authorities achieve what they should achieve. Looking at the Development Vote, we have seen a lot of development of markets and bus parks. I want to ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: We are also doing a lot of street lighting in Mombasa. But the investment of putting those street lights is very expensive. But it is more expensive to have those poles put up and the street lights are not working. That is how the majority of those projects that have been undertaken are today. The poles are up but the lights are not working. When you look at the investment that has been put there, it is a lot. Probably, the power bills are not as high as that investment. October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2775 Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, ... view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, let me apologise to the House, because we were supposed to issue this Ministerial Statement yesterday. I will be very brief. We did give an update at the end of June on how much had been remitted by the Treasury to the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF). I want to confirm to the House that a further sum of Kshs3.5 billion was remitted to the CDF yesterday, leaving a balance of Kshs1.1 billion, which I will ensure is remitted tomorrow. view
• 10 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, let me address the Chairman of the CDF Committee regarding the evidence. I am sure we are going to be with him tomorrow in the seminar, and a copy of the cheque will be given to him as the Chairman. So, it has gone. It is in the interest of this House, and my own interest, to say the truth here and nothing but the truth. Secondly, regarding this year's allocation, one of the problems of the previous year's allocation was the fact that the Board had to be put in place, arising from ... view
• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can actually answer it right away. view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I appreciate your ruling, but it would be important for the same to be repeated when the whips are here, as they need to note your own observation. view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to take this opportunity to contribute to the Budget Speech. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, first I must say that I support the Budget Speech. However, I would like to make my observations. Although we brought policies that were seen as being pro-poor, it would have also been nice for the Ministry of Finance to have looked at issues that arose out of the post- election period, which resulted in violence. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it would have been important to look at land issues, the reforms required and tried ... view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: June 18, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1219 view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we have a lot of learning to do! It is therefore important for the Budget to focus on what brought the violence. The economy of this country got a hit when the violence took place. Therefore, if there are land and Constitution issues, then they need to have been addressed in the Budget, so that Kenyans who are investing in business would know that the things that arose would never arise again. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at some of the things that were adjusted in the Budget, ... view
• 18 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: We must have other cases of Equity Banks and Family Finance which arose from nothing to be the giants that they are today! So, when we put Kshs1 billion to be the capital for any bank, it means we are locking out those people who would like to start small. Not all Kenyans can start at the same pace. When we talk about equality, it must be giving advantage to everybody in this country to invest in whichever business he or she would like to invest in. We must, therefore, have policies that will ensure that we have more Equity ... view