Stephen Tarus

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 101 to 110 of 140.

• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. With all due respect to Mr. Raila, is he in order to deviate from the cashew nuts debate to the Arturs' debate? view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this chance. I would like to support the amendment to have an authority that will facilitate the development of a policy across the board with regard to this particular sector. Cashew nut is a particular crop. We have many other crops, or other nuts, that we should also consider developing for purposes of improving this sector. When we have a properly- July 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1823 formulated framework, we will be able to address some of the pertinent issues with regard to poverty alleviation and revitalisation of the economy. ... view
• 29 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I want to thank the Minister for Finance for the Budget Speech, and also appreciate the importance of our youth. Our youth have a lot of problems, ranging from unemployment to participation in the informal sector, where they are exploited. They have not been able to realise their desire to participate in building our economy. As some hon. Members have said, it is important to find a way of making sure that the funds allocated to youth programmes will go into beneficial ventures. We should not have a situation ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The councils managed to collect a sum of Kshs11,791,637.10 for the last five years. (b) The distribution of the cess funds is as follows. The County Council of Nyamira, Kshs9,807,927; Ogembo Town Council, Kshs974,400, and Nyansiongo Town Council, Kshs999,312. The total is Kshs11,791,637.10. (c) The upgrading of the following projects benefited from the cess funds collected: Rianyany-Maroba-Ikoba Road which is in Getare Ward; Ikoba-Egetukia-Etara Road which is in 1170 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 7, 2006 Egetukia Ward; Nyamasenya which is in Sameta Ward; Ogembo Town Street roads which are in Central Ward; ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, to answer the first part of the question by the hon. Member, cess is not charged on milk and milk products according to the Local Government by-laws adopted in 1988. The collection of coffee cess is done by KPCU, and the councils have been experiencing problems accessing the funds, and that is something we will look into. When it comes to distribution of the funds, each local authority is given the responsibility to prioritise the projects for development purposes, particularly in areas where the funds have been collected. view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker Sir, I know that some of the funds collected by local authorities form part of the revenue of local authorities. I concur with the hon. Member that for the purpose of productivity, it is important for local authorities to ensure that funds collected, particularly through cess, have to be ploughed back for the purpose of improvement of productivity. However, as the Ministry, we ask local authorities, annually, to prepare budgets and submit the same to the Ministry for the purpose of confirmation that they comply with the requirements. If some local authorities have not complied, we ... view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand the situations some of the local authorities are operating in. However, we cannot go out of the law. We have given local authorities the responsibilities to raise revenue and utilise the same for the purpose of service delivery. If, for one reason or the other, serving local authorities are not performing, we then will carry out normal investigations and inspection, and ensure that they live up to the required standards. June 7, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1171 view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the KPCU initially used to submit these funds to local authorities. They complained that certain local authorities were not channelling back the funds for maintenance of roads and revised some of their programmes to make sure that they utilized the same money. We have also since realized that farmers are experiencing problems because the same KPCU has not been able to do what is required of them. Nevertheless, we shall, as a Ministry, look at modalities of how to sort out the problems experienced by local authorities and the KPCU. view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Ministerial Statement could easily be issued this afternoon, but may I ask that it be read on Tuesday next week. COLLAPSE OF UCHUMI SUPERMARKETS view
• 7 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in view of the gravity of that matter, may I promise the House that the Ministerial Statement will be issued on Thursday. We will contact the relevant Ministry and make sure that the Ministerial Statement is issued on Thursday. view