Uhuru Kenyatta

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: This will facilitate easy transactions for SMEs and help the economy respond to the COVID-19 shocks. The twelfth intervention was in the digital financial services sub-sector. In recognition of the importance of the digital financial services, especially to small-scale traders and households at large, I directed the National Treasury to engage all digital payment providers with an aim of deepening and expanding the use of digital payment channels. The thirteenth intervention was a two-pronged one in the area of vaccination against COVID-19. As part of our national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we rolled out the National Vaccine Deployment Plan ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: COVID-19 stress on the economy. The KRA projected a Kshs1.52 trillion collection in tax during 2020 which means that they collected Kshs1.67 trillion, which was in excess of their projected intention. On this note, I must also report on the sterling performance of KRA, not only under the COVID-19 duress, but in the last eight years of my Administration. In the last eight years, KRA has collected Ksh.10.8 trillion cumulatively in revenue. This means that in just eight years, KRA has collected the equivalent of Kenya‟s total GDP. It also means that on average, KRA collected Ksh.1.3 trillion every year. ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The Nairobi regional hub will cover eleven countries in Eastern and Central Africa and will act as a pilot for the setting up of other EIB regional hubs into the future. This speaks to our administration’s agenda to position Nairobi as an International Financial Centre. view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The key reforms that we have implemented include the full automation of business- registration services, re-engineering of the application for power, water and sewer connection and automation of the land registration processes. In addition, we have adopted e-payment, e- filling and e-service at the Commercial Division of the High Court and fully operationalised the Small Claims Court, which has seen disputes involving SMEs, mostly our young people, being resolved within a record 60 days and thus freeing up capital locked-up in legal disputes. Equally important is the full automation and streamlining of the payment of taxes in order to ease ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, an even better example of COVID-19 resilience is the strengthened relationship between the national and county governments. Although the National and County Governments Summit has operated smoothly since it became effective, I must admit that the COVID-19 pandemic revitalised its energy. view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The Nairobi regional hub will cover eleven countries in Eastern and Central Africa and will act as a pilot for the setting up of other EIB regional hubs into the future. This speaks to our administration‟s agenda to position Nairobi as an international financial centre. view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Whenever we gathered as a summit during this crisis, the consciousness of the entire nation was called to order. We put asunder the political dynamics of the moment, and our only business became Kenya. We demonstrated in word and in deed, that devolution is a powerful driver of socio-economic development, it creates synergies and acceleration points that in turn generate tangible benefits for all Kenyans. We understood very well that to overcome this crisis, we had to act as one. Rather than allowing the Nation to succumb to COVID-19 fatigue, we came together and galvanised our people towards strength, resilience, ... view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, an even better example of COVID-19 resilience is the strengthened relationship between the national and county governments. Although the National and County Governments Summit has operated smoothly since it became effective, I must admit that the COVID-19 pandemic revitalised its energy. view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Equally important to note, during the COVID-19 pandemic period we had a capacity to only generate Ksh3 million litres of oxygen per day in March 2020. Today, I am proud to say that we have improved our oxygen generation capacity in public health facilities, by ten times to Kshs32 million litres per day as at October 2021. view
• 30 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Whenever we gathered as a Summit during this crisis, the consciousness of the entire nation was called to order. We put asunder the political dynamics of the moment, and our only business became Kenya. We demonstrated in word and in deed, that devolution is a powerful driver of socio-economic development, it creates synergies and acceleration points that in turn generate tangible benefits for all Kenyans. We understood very well that to overcome this crisis, we had to act as one. Rather than allowing the Nation to succumb to COVID-19 fatigue, we came together and galvanised our view