Calist Mwatela

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are certain areas of the Bill I would like to point out to the Minister, so that we can probably move forward together and produce an even better piece of legislation. The first one is Clause 31, which deals with the functions and responsibilities of the county governor. It is about the role of the governor. Looking at the roles spelt out under this clause, my opinion is that there is one particular area of the Constitution that has been omitted although it is captured elsewhere in the Bill. That is Article 176(2) of ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: It is my view that whereas this is addressed in Article 48, the role should be assigned to the executive of the county to ensure that this bit of the Constitution is made practical. As it has been said, it is true that we have to be careful as we do this and ensure that we have competent people at every level of management of the different sectors of the county government; let us take the village level, for example. We need a village government that ensures that we have a village health officer, a village education officer and a ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, such a person does not need to have a degree; “O” Level education qualification is fine. He just needs to have basic leadership skills at the village level to ensure, for example, that children attend school at the correct age or ensure that people have clean water. This will help our people to have good services at very minimal costs. It should further be clear that these people should be remunerated. In an attempt to devolve downwards, it should be clear that these people, including village elders, will be properly remunerated by the county government. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: The other thing I want to point out is that about removal of the county governor from office. It is important to note that a governor will be elected by universal franchise. That is stipulated in Clause 47. Since a governor will have been elected by universal franchise, it will not be fair for us to create a situation where only one-third of the county assembly can activate the process for his removal. It is my humble suggestion to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government that the threshold for initiating the process for the removal of the ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Bill and hope that there will be amendments, so that the Bill becomes a better piece of legislations. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. As I give my reply, may I just say to the hon. Member that the Ministry shares the grief with the families of the late Yusuf Godhana and the late Hassan Ali Mohamed. It was really a sad affair and a wanton killing by people who are happy with peace in this country. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: (a) Yes, I am aware that teachers in Lafey District temporarily deserted schools while others sought transfers following the recent sad incident in which the District Education Officer, Lafey District, Mr. Yusuf Godhana and the head teacher, Lafey Secondary School, Mr. Hassan Ali Mohamed, were killed by bandits while on the way to collect the 2011 KCSE papers. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: (b) Senior Ministry officers namely the Secretary of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) officials held consultations with the Provincial Administration and other Government security agents regarding the security situation in the area. Teachers were then assured of their security, that of the school children and the area residents after the security agents promised to beef up security in Lafey District and North Eastern Province as a whole. Therefore, I wish to inform the House that teachers have now reported back to their duty stations and learning is back to normal in the ... view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 21 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really appreciate the concerns of the hon. Member. We, as a Ministry, are committed to making sure that all children get access to education. We know we are faced with a difficult circumstance of fighting Al Shabaab, but the Government is up to the task. I want to assure the hon. Member and, indeed, the House, that the Government has taken the matter very seriously. We will do our best. If necessary, we will have more consultations to ensure that we beef up security, so that all children can continue attending school. view