Atanas Manyala

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 181 to 190 of 196.

• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have put in place capacity building mechanisms through the District Social Development Officers who go round teaching the women. This is also done through the District Development Officers and the Divisional Development Officers. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a very good question. However, as you know, for a very long time, women have been marginalised. Now when we talk of "gender", we include everybody but, for the time being, we have mainly to cater for women. I have, however, taken your point and we shall put it across so that men can also have their Fund. I would like to request the hon. Member to ask men to start a Maendeleo ya Wanaume (MYW) organization. view
• 27 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have not been very much aware, but given the amount of money that we have and the amount of money we gave the micro-finance institutions, it appears that they have given only very little. We shall, therefore, change tact and see what to do. It appears to be true that they are selling their products. We shall address that. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. 3218 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 4, 2008 (a) I am aware that some deserving women groups have not accessed funds under the Women Enterprise Fund since its inception. (b) The amount of money disbursed to women groups and individuals in Limuru Constituency is Kshs5,040,000 as at 28th October, 2008. (c) In order to ensure that women entrepreneurs are trained before accessing the money, the Ministry is taking the following steps:- 1. Strengthening of the secretariat for the Women Enterprise Fund Advisory Board by:- (a) Recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer. This process has ... view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that some of the micro finance institutions are charging women entrepreneurs 24 per cent or more than the Government stipulated rate of 8 per cent. In that regard, the Ministry has now deregistered them from the list. They will not be included in the next allocation. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the programme is continuous. It will start on 15th November, 2008, and it will continue. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our District Development Officers (DDOs) and the Divisional Development Officers (DDOs) in the field are the ones who will start from 15th December. November 4, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 3219 view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very unfortunate that a district like Samburu does not have--- How does it pay its people? We have banks in Samburu! view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a bank in Maralal and we are making arrangements to assist in disbursing those funds to the women. view
• 4 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the arrangement we have is that the Kenya Commercial Bank in Maralal will handle that issue. When you talk about Maralal and Samburu being different districts, you should consider the fact that some districts were formed recently. They do not have their district headquarters. They are still using the old district headquarters. For example, Kakamega has four districts. All of them are still using the banking institutions in Kakamega Central Town. That district is old. view