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    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope you are going to add me the minutes we have lost. This is a fairly long Report and it is important for the House to know the status of Resolutions of the House. We called several stakeholders and we got submissions from the ministries concerned. I want to talk about a few of the Resolutions before I go into the challenges and issues. On the Resolution on fast-tracking of the implementation of the National Employment Authority Act (No. 3 of 2016), the Act has been operationalised. The Resolution that the national Government formulates and implements policy on the criteria for recruitment and remuneration of village elders has been facing headwinds because there is no budgetary allocations and legal framework to enforce it. Village elders are very important in assisting chiefs and assistant chiefs in maintaining security in their areas of jurisdictions. On the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on its inquiry into forest resource management and logging activities in Kenya, I am happy to report that the implementation status is that the moratorium on harvesting forest plantation in public forests is still in force and the restoration of un-stocked areas is ongoing. The other issue on the same is about securing of funds to ensure that these activities are protected and assisted. The National Treasury is supporting group tree planting campaigns. The same has been going on and is being implemented by KWS and KEFRI, among other Government agencies. On the Report on the petition on challenges in implementation of social assistance programmes in Samburu North, there has been problems, but I think it is being worked on. It is ongoing but very slow especially because of the distance people have to travel to get their tokens. On the Mowlem Ward issue that was brought by Hon. Theuri on the status of enumeration, the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning waived payment of all statutory fees for processing and issuance of title deeds to the beneficiaries under the National Titling Programme. It has already been done by the Nairobi City County Government and is in the process of quality control. The Ministry of Lands and Physical planning will proceed to issue titles once the Nairobi City Government forwards and leases to the Ministry. The implementation is on-going albeit at a very slow pace. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in its deliberations, the Committee observed that lack of legal frameworks to guide Government policy hampers efficient implementation and operationalisation of public policy. Also, inadequate budgetary allocation for implementation of the resolutions of this House contributes to such delays. Further, late and incomplete responses by ministries lead to back-and-forth communication with the Committee thus delaying submission of reports to the House by committees. Additionally, most of the Motions and legislations introduced in the House are not subjected to thorough scrutiny on viability of the implementation. This makes the House pass resolutions that are not in line with existing Government agenda and mid-term policy. The Committee also observed that delays occasioned by court cases hamper implementation of this House’s resolutions and consequently the Committee is unable to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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