HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept
{
"count": 1608389,
"next": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=api&page=160824",
"previous": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=api&page=160822",
"results": [
{
"id": 1626422,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626422/?format=api",
"text_counter": 98,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sometimes it is so difficult to think in vernacular, then speak in English. I was thinking in Kiluhya. In Luhya culture, a younger brother like this one is always your baby, so sometimes I forget that he is a Senator because he is my younger brother. It was a statement of love. Senator for Nairobi City County, you will be amused because some of the people insisted this should not be the case. No sooner was oil discovered in Turkana than they ran and bought blocks of land in there. They did this hoping to become property owners in speculation that oil would be struck in the block they had bought. These ignored counties that we have, I have named some, resources will fall there and we shall all be running there or depending on them. This is because they will be the prime movers of the economy of the Republic of Kenya. Having said that, I want to amplify my thoughts on an independent National Treasury. We should make the National Treasury independent, so that no phone call comes from the Office of the President, the Senate or any other powerful Ministry; either the Prime Cabinet Secretary or the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, to force them to push money to some areas simply because development is expected to follow power. We would like development in this country to follow meritocracy. If it did, the shock I received this morning, from which I am still reeling, would not have occurred. Cabinet Secretary sat two months ago and announced that the road from Rironi to Nakuru, Mau Summit, Eldoret, Kaburengu, Webuye, Pukandwi, up to Malaba would be a dual carriage. Today, the Cabinet Secretary has told the people of Western Province that the goalposts have since shifted to the extent that now the dual carriage will stop at Mau Summit. The budget meant to push it to Malaba will now be used to do a detour to Mai Mahiu and hopefully Narok or elsewhere. I did not want to tell the Cabinet Secretary because I would have been out of order, as I have no facts. However, could it be that the all-powerful Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport comes from Bomet and that is why he wants part of the pie to be detoured to go to his side instead of Malaba? This decision will have to be reviewed and possibly reversed."
},
{
"id": 1626423,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626423/?format=api",
"text_counter": 99,
"type": "scene",
"speaker_name": "",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "(Applause)"
},
{
"id": 1626424,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626424/?format=api",
"text_counter": 100,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, you cannot lock out Western Province from such a flagship project. Even if you do not like the face of the people, mainly the men of Western, we have some very beautiful women. Use their faces to give them development. I say this with a lot of pain. It was only a few years ago that a basic thing like a national school was set up in Western, while other parts of this country have had national The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
},
{
"id": 1626425,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626425/?format=api",
"text_counter": 101,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "schools since Independence. The majority of the elites you see from my region have had to make it academically by going to national schools outside the region. It is this marginalisation that makes some of us get confused and angry with the Government. This must stop. Even if they do not want to stop it because of the politics they want to pursue, let me teach them a bit of economics, which I do not understand. Economics says Kenya's number one trading partner is Uganda. When you add the trade we do with Rwanda, Bujumbura, Eastern Congo and South Sudan, the goods and services on that road are the engine of Kenya’s economy as far as import and export as a revenue stream. If we must grow Kenya’s economy, in this Government and the Government to come thereafter, there are two minimums we must do and that minimum is not mine. It was envisioned in 2030 by the late President Mwai Kibaki. The plan was to dual the road from Mombasa Port all the way to the border. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for your information, just as a reminder, you were our Minister in the East African Community (EAC). You know the blueprint of the road network in the EAC, which says that the dualling would not end at Malaba. The community would help extend the dualling all the way to Kampala, Kigali, Goma and Bujumbura. That would open the economy under limb one. Then limb two would be the LAPSSET projects; Lamu Seaport. Then we do the roads all the way to Ethiopia and all the way to South Sudan. If we open these arteries, we will grow the economy of Kenya. We will not have to export our youth to go and look for jobs in Dubai and other funny places. The people in those areas have no idea how difficult it is for you to take care of your pregnant wife until she gives birth, then you educate that child. They do not know that. We do it for them and then give them our professionals. We need to create these jobs here at home. How do you do it? We have to open the economy and think proactively. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have had to emphasise this point. I appeal to colleagues that we make the National Treasury independent. That way, Equalisation Funds and other decentralised funds will follow. Finally, I want to use this opportunity to congratulate Cabinet Secretary, Hon. John Mbadi. I had a two-hour meeting with him. He seems to know what he is doing. We only need to tweak him a little. He understands what we are doing, but he is under political pressure whereby he is forced to then tweak some projects to Nyanza. Once you correct that, Hon. Mbadi is a good feat for that Ministry. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those many remarks, I support."
},
{
"id": 1626426,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626426/?format=api",
"text_counter": 102,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Hon. Kingi",
"speaker_title": "The Speaker",
"speaker": null,
"content": " Sen. Faki."
},
{
"id": 1626427,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626427/?format=api",
"text_counter": 103,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "Asante Mhe. Spika kwa kunipa fursa hii kuchangia Mswada wa Hazina ya Usawa katika nchi yetu. Hazina hii ilianzishwa mwaka wa 2010 kupitia Katiba mpya. Katika kifungu cha 204 imetolewa kwamba kutakuwa na hazina ijulikanayo kama hazina ya usawa yaani Equalisation Fund ili kusaidia maeneo ambayo yalikuwa yametengwa kwa muda mrefu ili yaweze kuwa karibu sawa na yale maeneo mengine. Katika mgao wa kwanza, kulikuwa na kaunti 14 ambazo zilichaguliwa kama kaunti ambazo zilikuwa zimetengwa sana ambapo huduma kama vile afya, barabara na The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
},
{
"id": 1626428,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626428/?format=api",
"text_counter": 104,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "elimu zilikuwa za chini sana. Wakenya wengi katika maeneo yale hawakubahatika hata kwenda shule ama kupata huduma za afya kama Wakenya wengine. Uanzilishi wa hazina hii ulikuwa na malengo mazuri sana. Lakini baada tu kuanzishwa, kukaingia mambo mengi ya kusikitisha ambayo yamesababisha kwamba mpaka sasa hazina hii haijatumika kikamilifu. Kwa mfano, baada ya kuanzishwa ilichukua muda mrefu sana kuweza kupata kanuni ama sheria endelezi, delegatedlegislation ama regulations za kuweza kuendesha hazina hii. Za kwanza zilipotengenezwa zilipatikana ziko na makosa kwa sababu hawakuhusisha Council of Governors (CoG) ama kaunti zetu. Wao wakaenda mahakamani wakazibatilisha; tukarudi tena na tukachukua muda mrefu katika Seneti ya Tatu ambapo tuliweza kupitisha kanuni hizo. Pia kupitishwa kwake, ilibidi tutumie mbinu fulani ambazo sitaweza kuzieleza - ili siweze kupita ndio wananchi wafaidike. Hii ni kwa sababu kulikuwa na watu - Maseneta katika Bunge hili, ambao walikuwa tayari kuzipinga ili zisitekelezwe. Kwa zaidi ya miaka minane baada ya hazina hii kuanzishwa, zile kaunti zilizokusudiwa kupata manufaa hazikuweza kupata manufaa yale. Wengi walikuwa wamepewa zabuni za kuanzisha kazi katika maeneo ya zile kaunti. Nakumbuka kuna watu kadhaa walinifuata wakati nilikuwa Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya DelegatedLegislation katika Bunge lililopita, wakitaka kujua kanuni zitapitishwa lini ili waweze kumaliza zile kazi walikuwa wameweza kufanya na walipwe pesa zao ambazo walikuwa wanadai ile hazina. Baada ya kupitisha kanuni, vile vile, ilifika wakati wa kuamua zile kaunti ambazo zitafaidika katika awamu ya pili - ndio hapo sasa kaunti zikaongezeka hadi 34 badala ya zile 14 za kwanza. Kukaongezeka kaunti zingine 20 ambazo pia wao walidai kwamba wametengwa; ikiwemo Kiambu ambapo kuna matajiri upande moja na maskini upande mwingine. Pia ilipatikana kuwa ni kaunti ambayo imetengwa. Jambo la kusikitisha zaidi ni kwamba Serikali mpaka hivi sasa, pesa ambazo zimetengwa kwa hazina hii kwa miaka yote ambayo imepita ni Kshs56 bilioni. Katika hizi, ni asilimia 20 ambazo mpaka sasa zimeweza kutoka katika hazina kuu kwenda katika maeneo hayo. Hii ni kwa sababu sasa, sio kaunti, ni maeneo ambayo yametengwa. Tulitoka katika kaunti, sasa tuko katika maeneo. Kwa hivyo, ijapokuwa malengo ya hazina hii yalikuwa ni mazuri sana, lakini utepetevu katika Serikali umefanya kwamba hazina hii isiweze kutumika kikamilifu. Wakati tunaelekea mwisho wa hazina hii, kwa sababu hii hazina ina kiwango cha miaka 20 - tayari zaidi ya miaka 15 yamepita - kuna hatari kwamba yale malengo ambayo yalikuwa yamewekwa na hazina hayataweza kufikiwa. Vile vile, maeneo mengi pia yanaendelea kutengwa. Ijapokuwa tuna Serikali za kaunti, kuna maeneo mengi katika kaunti zetu ambayo yanatengwa kwa sababu ya siasa. Kama Mbunge wa eneo lako haelewani na gavana, ina maana kwamba eneo lako halitapata maendeleo na baada ya miaka mitano litakuwa limetengwa kuliko yale ambayo yalitengwa kutoka wakati wa Uhuru mpaka hivi sasa. Jambo lingine pia la kusikitisha ni kwamba wakati tulipokuwa tunapokea maoni ya washikadau kuhusiana na Mswada huu wa hazina ya usawa; yaani Equalisation Fung, kulikuwa na maoni kutoka kwa ndugu zetu hapa Nairobi, maeneo ya Pumwani, ambao The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
},
{
"id": 1626429,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626429/?format=api",
"text_counter": 105,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "walisema, sisi pia tunataka tujumuishwe na yale maeneo yametengwa kwa sababu kwa miaka mingi hapa Pumwani, hapa Nairobi, kama kilomita nne kutoka hapa Bungeni; tumekaa hapo, hatuna maji ya mfereji, huduma za afya za kisawasawa, huduma za usafi, yaani sanitation na mambo kama hayo. Na kwamba wao pia wamesema kwamba, sisi pia twahitaji kupewa pesa kutoka kwa hazina hii ili tuweze kuboresha mazingira na maeneo yetu ambayo tunaishi. Kwa hivyo, nina imani kwamba itakapofika wakati wa kujadili awamu ya tatu ya mwelekeo wa kugawanya hazina hii, ninafikiri kaunti zote 47 zitakuwa zimeingia katika mfumo kwamba zote zimetengwa. Tunapopitisha sheria hii, lazima tuangalie ni njia gani ambayo tutasukuma Serikali ili zile fedha ambazo zinatengwa katika hazina hii zinaweza kutumika kwa njia ambayo itasaidia wale ambao wanakusudiwa kutumikia. Suala lingine ni kwamba kuna mgongano baina ya Serikali za kaunti na mashirika ambayo yanatoka kwa Serikali kuu yanayosimamia hazina hii. Kwa mfano, pesa zile ambazo zinasimamia miradi ya maji, kule pwani katika maeneo ya Kwale, Kilifi na Lamu, zinakwenda kwa Coast Water Services Board. Ijapokuwa sisi tunashiriki na hii sheria imetoka katika Bunge hili, sisi kama Seneti hatuna uwezo wa kufanya audit ya fedha zile. Hii ni kwa sababu audit yao, kwa vile imepitia kwa mashirika ya Serikali Kuu, inakwenda katika National Assembly. Kuna fedha zingine ambazo zinaingia katika Serikali zetu za kaunti kusimamia miradi kama hiyo. Kwa mfano, miradi ya barabara yanafanywa na Serikali za kaunti. Kwa hivyo, huu mgongano inakuwa shida kuweza kukagua au kusimamia fedha hizi na kuhakikisha kwamba zinafanya yale mambo ambayo yamenuia kufanya. Wengi ambao wanafanya kazi hizi labda ni Wabunge, Maseneta na kwa hivyo inakuwa tatizo kusimamia ukaguzi ama audit ya fedha hizi ili kuona kwamba zile kazi ambazo zinanuiwa kufanywa zinafanyika ili tuweze kutoka katika lile lindi la kutengwa na wao waweze kupata huduma kama vile sehemu zingine za nchi yetu ya Kenya. Kwa hivyo, ninaunga mkono Mswada huu. Lazima tuhakikishe kwamba zile fedha zinazotengwa kila mwaka kwa hazina hii; kwanza zinawekwa kwenye sheria,"
},
{
"id": 1626430,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626430/?format=api",
"text_counter": 106,
"type": "scene",
"speaker_name": "",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "budget,"
},
{
"id": 1626431,
"url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1626431/?format=api",
"text_counter": 107,
"type": "speech",
"speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
"speaker_title": "",
"speaker": null,
"content": "na vile vile pia zinalipwa kwa wakati unaofaa. Hii ni kama pesa hizi ni za dharura. Tuliona kwamba kuna shida hizi katika miaka yote kutoka tupate Uhuru. Kwa hivyo, tukaweka hazina ambayo lengo lake ni kuziba zile shida ambazo zilikuwa katika yale maeneo. Kwa hivyo, iwapo tutakuwa tunavuta miguu, Serikali haiko tayari kulipa; mara tunaambiwa exchequer hakuna na kadhalika. Hii ina maana kuwa yale maeneo yataendelea kubaki nyuma vile vile na huu usawa ambao tulikuwa tunatarajia kuwepo kupitia kwa hazina hii, hautapatikana. Asante Mhe. Spika kw kunipa fursa hii."
}
]
}