Ababu Namwamba

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 951 to 960 of 1948.

• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am pleased to conclude moving this Bill which I had started moving on Wednesday, 10th October, 2012. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in conclusion let me just say that this Bill has come a very long way and it is the culmination of tremendous efforts that have been taken previously to streamline sports in this country. That has included the Kenya National Sports Policy of March, 2002 and Sessional Paper No.3 of 2005 on Sports Development among other documents that have been generated in this long journey. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is ... view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me express my very sincere gratitude to the House for the very robust and passionate contributions to this Bill. I want to assure the House that I bring this Bill very aware of the myriad challenges bedeviling our sports in this country. I am also aware that we have an opportunity to turn sports into a major industry, an industry that can sit right at the heart of the drive towards Vision 2030. It is an industry that can help to reduce the unacceptably high levels of unemployment in this country. view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: I know, therefore, that with some of the measures that have been set out in this Bill, we should address a lot of these challenges. It gladdens me that the Members are very passionate about the welfare of our sportsmen and women who have brought so much honour and who continue to bring so much pride to this country. They continue to fly our national flag with a lot of pride. I want to assure the House that we have put a number of measures in the Bill. We will be looking for further measures that I have had occasion ... view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me start by congratulating the Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology. This is actually the less testing instalment in a long list of very reformist legislation that she brought to this House. Indeed, she has had a tremendously transformative effect on this Ministry and the sector. view
• 18 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill will help to really raise the profile of what I like calling the missing middle. That level of technical expertise that we need to view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Governor of Bomet County wants to make sure that the stakeholders in Bomet see him in action in a big way. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (a) Since the establishment of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF) in June, 2006, a total of Kshs36,104,448 has been disbursed to 1,188 youth enterprises in Bomet County as at November, 2012. Out of this amount, Kshs20,005,000 has been disbursed to 430 youth groups through the Constituency Youth Enterprise Scheme (C-YES) arrangement and a total of Kshs2,745,500 has been disbursed to 108 individual youths within groups through the Easy Youth Enterprise Scheme (E-YES) while Kshs13,353,948 has been loaned to 650 enterprises through financial intermediaries. view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: (b) The Fund has been taking long to disburse funds to Bomet County and other counties throughout the country due to reliance on community committees to vet loan applications. These committees have been sitting quarterly due to budgetary constraints resulting to quarterly appraisal of loan applications. Ordinarily, it takes three months to disburse funds to applicants. The committee’s lack of requiste expertise to determine viability of business ideas presented has also been a challenge. The arrangment has also been that the clearing of all these processess has to come all the way to the head office in Nairobi which causes ... view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if this was not a serious matter, it would have actually sounded hilarious what the Member for Chepalungu has said. I want to assure the hon. Member that I do share his sentiments. I have already said this on record that this Fund can and should do a lot better. There have been a lot of teething view
• 6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member, who is also one of my eminent clients, has a good sense of humour. I will take his sense of humour. But on a serious note, this Fund needs to be actually doubled if it is to reach out to the massive demand out there. So, we will be seeking this Fund to be doubled, so that we can have a lot more resources. But for me, and I believe for the Fund too, it is not just about increasing the basket available to the Fund. It is also restructuring the Fund, ... view