Uhuru Kenyatta

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1321 to 1330 of 1613.

• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I repeat that these monies are not pocket monies. These are taxpayers’ money and the Nominated Members are accountable, not just to this Parliament, but to the people of the Republic of Kenya. Once the rules and regulations are in place and tabled before this House and deliberated, they should include what this money shall be used for and how they shall be used by the relevant hon. Members. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, like I said, what we have is a provision that can be approved or deleted by this very same House. view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: No, it is for the Minister for Information and Communications. view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a Ministerial Statement will be issued on Thursday, next week. view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Statement has been pending for a while. We, however, will make sure it is brought to the House next week on Wednesday. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Mungatana had requested for a Ministerial Statement and I would like to make it. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue raised by Mr. Mungatana relates to whether the Government should sell profitable parastatals; how much money will be raised through the privatization of the parastatals; whether the institutions to be privatized are a burden to the Treasury to warrant their sale; whether the proposed privatization will protect employees who will be retrenched once investors have taken over the Government agencies and whether the Cabinet has reached consensus on the matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the desired objectives of privatization of State corporations are clearly stated under Section 18(2) of the Privatization Act enacted by this House ... view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to respond to Mr. Mungatana, Mr. Jirongo and Dr. Khalwale, it is quite clear, as I stated in the Ministerial Statement, that the desired objectives of the privatization of State corporations are stated in an Act that was passed by this House. As clearly stipulated under Section 18(2) of the Privatization Act, we have said that part of the reason is not a question of just selling assets but it is undertaken to improve infrastructure, delivery of services, reduce the demand on Government resources, generation of additional resources that can be used for other development programmes, the ... view
• 8 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think Mr. Jirongo might have been dozing at that particular time but I did mention in the Budget Speech that we do intend to raise money through privatization. view