Uhuru Kenyatta

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• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I sympathise – and I appreciate the concern – the Pensions Department basically acts on delegated authority from the Treasury and also the Cabinet, and it could not pay beyond the mandate it had been given. However, to address this particular issue, as I stated in my answer, the Judiciary has since formed its own retirement benefits scheme, and as is required, is now processing a Cabinet memorandum, so that the Cabinet can review the decisions that were made on 18th May, 1998. Once the Cabinet approval is received, the revised pensions will be paid as ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet is not disregarding a court judgement. The situation, as it prevails, is that we need to ensure that there is some kind of uniformity in what we do. So, this was done in agreement with the Judicial Service Commission. As I said, the Cabinet memorandum is ready. So, I hope that we will be able to process the pension in accordance with what hon. Olago has just mentioned. So, I beg his indulgence that we allow this process to move to its logical conclusion. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the question and, once again, taking cognizance of the fact that, indeed, there is a court order, I will endeavour to work again, through the Attorney-General’s Chambers, to ensure that we get a speedy resolution to this particular situation, which I agree is not appropriate. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would plead with the hon. Member that whereas I appreciate his concerns, we are trying to speed up this particular process, so that this particular situation can be resolved in an amicable manner. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your guidance. I cannot say I will comply but I will seek guidance from our legal advisor being the Attorney-General-- - view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: On that basis, be able to come back to this House and say what you have done to deal with this particular situation. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The total budget for the ESP for the 2009/2010 Financial Year was Kshs22 billion and in the 2010/2011 Financial Year, an additional allocation of Kshs24.7 billion was made in the Budget under the Economic Recovery and Poverty Alleviation and Regional Development Programme. (b) I am aware that there are some delays in the implementation of ESP. That has been occasioned by a number of factors, among them land issues, National Environment Management Agency (NEMA) issues and delay in the re-vote of the amounts of the previous year. (c) The issues that ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we stand now, we have already had meetings with the various line Ministries that are involved. We are also meeting with the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) Committee. We started our meetings on Monday and Mr. Nyamai is a member of that Committee. I believe we are making tremendous progress because even the funds that had been delayed as a result of re- voting, the line Ministries have now the authority to expend those resources and we are, indeed, well underway. The issues relating to NEMA have also been resolved and so I believe that we ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, as I indicated, there were some original teething problems which I think hon. Members are aware of. We were developing the framework from the very beginning. So, as I even indicated in my Budget Speech, there were delays before we could start the programme. However, that said and done, we are co-ordinating with line Ministries and I am happy to say that even as we met with the Departmental Committee that is supervising that particular project, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Fisheries Development and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation are reporting good ... view