Hon Samson Ndindi Nyoro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the EAC countries combined is much more compared to individual country’s GDP. We are moving towards a GDP of US$100. So, the point of us negotiating as a bloc cannot be gainsaid. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not all complaints because as EAC, we have done and achieved so much. I just talked about EALA, which has turned out to be a vibrant body; it is doing much. We interact with EALA Members every now and then. It is good to note that one of EALA’s achievements is that we now have a harmonised monetary and fiscal policy. As you note, the date for presentation of the Budget Estimates for the EALA member states has since been harmonised. This is because we are moving towards having a monetary union which is ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: We have also achieved a lot in as far as education, skill and labour are concerned. As I had stated earlier, we have done a lot in terms of integrating the curriculum of the EAC partner states. This is a gradual and perpetual exercise because even in our own country the curriculum keeps changing. This will bring about a lot of ease when it comes to transfer of labour and personnel. If we have disjointed curriculum then it will mean, for example, a Form Four graduate The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: in Kenya will have different qualifications from a Form Four graduate in Uganda, therefore, this will be a bottleneck when it comes to labour transfer. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Of course, we also have some failures as a region as we endevour to integrate EAC and one of it is industrialisation. As we integrate it will only make sense if it will create jobs and curtail unemployment. There is a lot to be done when it comes to industrialisation, as a bloc and region because it will bring a different and better meaning to the pockets of the many jobless youth in the region. We have also encountered some failures when it comes to imbalance benefits. It is worrying to note that we have tariffs enforced on the Kenyan ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: We also have a long way to go when it comes to a unified monetary union and it is an aspiration of the EAC to have one common currency as other regional blocs do. It is also an aspiration of the EAC to have one central bank with a governor. We have a long way to go in this because of some of the issues we encounter originating from some of our partner states. As I finish, broadly speaking, there are many advantages of integrating, but as Members of Parliament, it is important for us to talk directly even to ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I want to say without blinking an eye that EAC would have done much better were it not for the leapfrogging of some of our partner states. The EAC continues to encounter bottlenecks and roadblocks when it comes to our engagement with our sister state, Tanzania. Just recently our Cabinet Secretary, Foreign Affairs, enumerated the number of Kenyans who are in foreign jails. It was worrying to note that for a majority of Kenyans who are out there rotting in jails, Tanzania came second after China. We need to reverse this kind of narrative and start talking of the gains ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Going through history books, the industrialisation of many countries and even huge economies like the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) are based on having a liberal economy. It is retrogressive for any country on earth to continue having protectionist on my country list kind of policies. I am saying this because of Tanzania. When we embrace these kinds of things, the only people who stand to gain are the elites. Even in Kenya any time we try to invoke protectionism the consumer stands to lose because competitiveness goes down and when it does so, it ... view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: We need to speak as Kenyans and the leadership. I am even challenging our CS for Foreign Affairs and CS EAC that, it is high time they saw the chains that hold EAC from integration as one country that belongs to EAC and SADC. Then they need to make important and tough decisions so that we can move forward as a region. view
• 3 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand guided. Just recently, one of our daughters from Kenya who was working for Safaricom and was highly qualified to get a job at Vodacom in one of our partner states was declined the 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