Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1211 to 1220 of 1775.

• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, considering that education is key to development of any nation, including our country; it is time that we had our priorities right. We need also to fund those sectors which will generate growth and development for our country. It is through investing in education that we will talk about developing our country. Even as we talk about Vision 2030, we shall require highly educated and highly experienced people who will be able to steer the economy to that level. So, we need to have educated people. Therefore, our people need not struggle so much to access ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the allocation for HELB for the Financial Year 2010/2011 is about Kshs2.9 billion out of which Kshs2.7 billion is to be loaned to the students. The balance of Kshs200 million will be used towards administration and operation costs. Last Financial Year 2009/2010, the allocation was Kshs1.5 billion out of which Kshs1.4 billion was to go towards loaning to the students and about Kshs100 million towards administration and operations. When I compare these figures with the figures I have just talked about which we are putting to the sectors of education; both higher and basic education, it ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also contribute to this important Bill. The Ministry is supposed to be in charge of financial discipline in the Government. What I have seen is that the Ministry is trying to reduce--- If you look at the history of budgeting and financing of programmes, you will find that it is a matter of trying to reduce the amount of money being spend on Recurrent Expenditure vis-Ă -vis Development Expenditure. An effort is being made towards that end. However, some construction or physical development goes on at the Ministry ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: that we do not continue with the backlog that has been carried forward from 2003. My colleague talked about the same thing with regard to the CDF money. The Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 has said that they have already provided money for the CDF, that is, Kshs16 billion. However, this money is not reflected in this statement. I do not know how the Minister has provided for this. We also debated a Motion about the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology today. We said that more money should be allocated to the Higher Education Loans ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this Motion, starting with the seconder, Dr. Khalwale and ending with the Assistant Minister. I want to thank them for the keen attention that both the Assistant Minister and the substantive Minister have shown. I am grateful that out of this, all hon. Members have agreed that the issue of trebling this fund should just be the bare minimum. We received information about issues which we did not take into account. There is a lot of information, for example, what Dr. Machage was talking about. ... view
• 26 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me the chance to support the Vote of the Ministry of Medical Services. If I was the Minister for Finance or the PS, I would have taken the page where we have put the guillotine procedure, I would not have looked at all of it, but I would have taken the figure of Kshs12 million which is under Vote 8. I would have closed my eyes and given it to the Ministry of Medical Services. When you compare the Kshs23 billion that has been allocated to the Ministry of State for ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, cognizant of the fact that since the creation of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), many students have benefited from the financing; aware that there has been an exponential increase in the number of students joining institutions of higher learning; concerned that the funding projections and amounts did not take into account the prevailing economic trends; this House urges the Government to double funding to help decentralize the operations of HELB, direct HELB to extent funding to all deserving cases of students joining institutions of higher learning ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the problems that the Ministry is facing is lack of capacity. What is the Assistant Minister doing to ensure that the Ministry has adequate capacity for follow up action? When those programmes are carried out and the figures are broken down, there is no one to give that information due to lack of capacity in the Ministry. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has said that the project is expected to be completed by the end of October 2010 and that the contract amount is Kshs8,346,978. Could he give an indication of what per centage of work is complete and what is outstanding as of now? view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister does not understand the point that is being raised. The committee that awards tenders relies on the recommendations from the Government civil servants. So, if they point out that a contractor has failed, why should they not understand? I think the Assistant Minister is not in order. view