Uhuru Kenyatta

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• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to take this opportunity to also thank the hon. Wamalwa for agreeing with us at the Treasury that the matter that he brought forward, as important as it was, was a matter that could be handled through amendments to the regulations. Towards this end as he has stated, he brought this matter to the House quite a while ago and I want to take this opportunity to apologise because we should have acted on this matter much, much sooner. Nevertheless, we have made amendments and a legal notice has been published ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Finance Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the hon. Members for the support that they have continued to give to the fiscal and monetary policies and projects being implemented by the Government. Their support has enabled the Government to succeed in its efforts of bringing economic recovery back on track as evidenced by real GDP growth from 1.6 percent in 2008 to 2.6 percent in 2009. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the measures I proposed in my budget speech ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank hon. Members for their contributions and assure them that their issues will definitely be taken into account. As Mr. Okemo, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade has said, many of the issues that his Committee raised have already been taken on board and I think we have a general agreement on that. There are also other issues that have been brought up by other Committees which we are also taking on board. I would also like to assure Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona that she knows very well that ... view
• 28 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: With those very few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Treasury has finalized discussions with the Ministry of Education on the modalities of implementing this program and it was found necessary to develop comprehensive guidelines for implementation of the program before these funds are disbursed. Given that this program was brought to Parliament and passed under the budget Vote of the Ministry of Education, I did not consider it prudent to channel the funds through the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) mechanism since the Ministry of Education is obliged to carry out the critical co-ordination role. A change of mechanism of disbursement ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas I appreciate the question by the hon. Member, it is the Ministry of Education that will really look into these particular modalities and not the Ministry of Finance. I think that question would be more appropriately directed at the Ministry of Education as they continue with their discussions with the CDF Committee. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I said is that we have discussed this issue with the Ministry of Education and we have agreed that the Ministry of Education, in consultation with the CDF Committee, will deliberate on the modalities of implementing this program. I think that is what I said; that, we have agreed with the Ministry of Education that they will agree on the modalities of implementation with the CDF Committee view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a different Question. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are no rules that have been changed. Precisely, for the same reason of our inability to implement the previous one as a result of the fact that hon. Members did not particularly like the way we had designed the last one. This is why we agreed with the Ministry of Education that they should work with the relevant Committee in order to come up with a proper modality that is agreed upon by all hon. Members through the relevant Committee. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the question, the key issue we need to recognize is that we designed this particular program in a manner that creates involvement at the grassroots level. This is why we may have our own way of doing it, but we thought that it is wise to consult hon. Members through their Committee so that we can have a framework that is acceptable. It has taken time, but I appreciate the fact that, that is an ongoing discussion and I really do not want to terminate that discussion. I think that for us, it is ... view