Raphael Tuju

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg your indulgence so that you may allow me to donate five minutes to Mr. Wetangula. view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to take this opportunity to thank hon. Members for the very constructive comments that they have made on this debate. I want, especially, to thank most of the hon. Members who appealed to the Minister for Finance, that the Ministry deserves to be better funded than it has been so far. I hope that the Ministry for Finance is represented and that they took note. I want to start by responding to hon. Members' concerns about the gender balance in the Ministry with respect to ambassadors. I do not blame the hon. Members ... view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs3,594,379,710 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2008 in respect of:- Vote 04 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just want to thank the hon. Member for that question. Ideally, we should purchase all the properties that are used by our Missions abroad. Take for example the case of Washington, which I am very familiar with. You will realise that the houses that we rent for staff today, say at an average of US$4,000 a month, if we had bought those houses, say about five years ago, we would be paying a mortgage now of about US$800 to US$1,000. So, the best time to have planted the tree should have been ten years ... view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I am so delighted that he is actually fighting this case so hard for me, that the Treasury should allocate us more money. If, for example, we were able to raise some of this money now, we would, probably, use it as a substantial deposit and even take a mortgage, so that instead of paying rent, we pay a mortgage. If there is any way in which I could get more money, or if this House could direct right now that the Ministry of Finance gives us that money, I would be most delighted. view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, the kind of buildings that we purchase are different. There are cases where we buy a Chancery, and there are places where we know we will always have an ambassador and, at least, a minimum of a deputy ambassador, first Consular and so on. We have had those people in those stations for all those years. If we can house them, instead of paying rent for them, it will work out to be much cheaper for us. So, I am not able to say exactly whether this house is for the First Consular or the ... view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I have just been told that it is a typographical error. It is actually Kshs200 million and not Kshs200,000. If that kind of deal was available, I would go for it myself. So, it is a typographical error. That is the provision for 2008/2009. Thank you for observing that. view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, if you look at that particular line-item where the error is, it is about projected estimates for 2008/2009. So that is where the typographical error of Kshs200,000 instead of Kshs200 million. However, it does not affect us materially because it is a projection for the budget next year. I would like to beg the indulgence of the House that since it will not affect us materially in the current Budget, please, accept my apologies for it. view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, does it say "buildings" or "building"? view
• 29 Aug 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, it is buildings in this case because we own some property there. This is for the residences and Kshs100 million cannot provide more than one residence. In Canberra, the price of property is not too high, therefore, we should be able to get some residence with that amount of money. view