Uhuru Kenyatta

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Entries 1181 to 1190 of 1613.

• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with due respect to my brother, he is referring to the net approved expenditure for the financial year that is coming to an end. That is 2009/2010. What we are referring to are the Estimates for 2010/2011. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House that the figures are, once again, wrong? view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose this amendment, primarily, for the reasons expounded by Mr. Mungatana. First and foremost, the key word that the hon. Member used is “oversight”. That Parliament’s primary responsibility is oversight. That is a responsibility that I fully respect. At the same time, the primary role of the Government is to execute its policies through the Budget. Parliament continues, and must maintain its oversight role. The Government expenditure proceeding does not in any way whatsoever, take away from this House, its oversight role. That continues. However, Government programmes have start dates and different ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Right Hon. Prime Minister has just pointed out, if we take, for example, the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC), they require that money in order to conduct and continue to do the business that they are supposed to do. Within this Budget, we have different priorities. For example, we had an agreement with teachers on their new salary increment and we had a formula which we had agreed on. There is also an increment of 40 per cent that is supposed to be paid this year as part of the general agreement that ... view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to oppose the amendment and plead with hon. Members that let us walk this path together. There will come a time when we will get those details. Maybe then, we would have arrived but we are not yet there. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: I beg to oppose. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank all the contributors. I want to assure my good friend that we have taken note of that and we will continue to do so. I think Mr. Ethuro knows that from experience! view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: So with those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, the proposals relating to:- (a) Excise Duty (b) Value Added Tax (c) Income Tax (d) Miscellaneous Fees and Taxes contained in the Financial Statement for the year of account 2010/2011 be approved. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that Mombasa Maize Millers undervalued import cargo of maize in order to evade paying 2.25 percent Import Declaration Fees on a 10,000 metric-tonne cargo. (b) The second letter was issued by the importer after the importer availed commercial transaction documents to support the declared customs value, which upon verification, was found to be acceptable. (c) The Government did not lose any revenue for the subject importation. In this regard, I do not contemplate taking any action against the officer who authorized the release and, indeed, Mombasa Maize ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the answer to this Question is not ready. I request that we defer it to Tuesday next week. view