Boniface Gatobu Kinoti

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second and highly support the Sessional Paper No.3 of 2013. I take this opportunity first to thank God because Kenya is now realising that the core of its progress depends on itself and not on outside forces. We are really focusing on issues that matter. 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. view
• 30 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: I also want to thank the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, which I am a Member of, led by the Chair and the Vice-Chair, who has just moved the Sessional Paper. What we did yesterday and what we have done today is of importance to this country. As we noted yesterday, some of the main resolutions that have moved this country forward have been based on Sessional Papers. One of the most popular has been Sessional Paper No.10, which was moved in this House by the late. Hon. Tom Mboya. Yesterday, we discussed the Sessional Paper on National ... view
• 29 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to second the amendment by the Hon. Member for Kipipiri. I wish to note the grave matters of the issues that we are discussing. Much of what we are experiencing in this social country was moved by Sessional Paper No.10 by Hon. Thomas Mboya. So, when we speak about sessional papers, it is a matter of very grave importance to this country. I wish to support the amendment by Hon. Gichigi that we really cannot speak much to this important issue within three minutes. I wish to support that we discuss the ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you for your kind consideration for me to contribute to this Bill. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: First, I thank the Mover of this Bill very passionately, that is hon. Sakaja. He is a comrade in the Kenya Youth Parliamentarians Association and also our Chairman. I also wish to note, with a lot of gratitude, that as we debate this landmark Bill, in the gallery are people who made me who I am. These are students from Buuri Constituency, who came to witness debate on this landmark Bill. This is because I came in as an independent candidate, courtesy of the youth who wanted to see matters change in this country. We felt that half a century ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I rise to support this Bill because I believe that if we must make Kenya what it should be and what we have wanted it to be for so long, we must get the bulk of the population working. This is where so many countries we admire started. If we have 70 per cent of the people of this country who are the youth not sitting in offices, not working in industries and not driving the economy, then there is no way we can achieve the Vision 2030 and double digit economic growth that we so much aspire. We speak ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I wish to note some of the functions of the Authority, so that it does not seem that through this Bill we are just creating another authority that will be a Government parastatal to siphon money out of the public coffers. One of the things the Chairman has emphasised so much, and which is very important, is to register all youth who are seeking employment. This is because as we have said, unless we have data, we cannot move on. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The first Motion I moved in this House was seeking to have a database of young people who do not clear high school. I am happy that through a Bill, the Executive created the Presidential Bursary Scheme, through which every constituency in this country gets at least Kshs1 million to support needy children. I am very certain that even if the Authority does not achieve anything else, it will create a database of young people seeking employment; just creating that database is the first step towards the right direction. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Another function of the Authority will be to maintain and publish online an up-to-date database of all the youth seeking employment. I have already mentioned that. The tasks and functions of the Authority total to 16. Another very important thing will be to advise both the national and county governments on any policy matter touching on employment of the youth. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare; we discussed this Bill very thoroughly last year. One of the things that impressed us so much was that for the first time in 50 years of the existence ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I also note that apart from just achieving the advisory objective, the Authority will also ultimately create employment. Definitely, for any authority to work, it will require a secretariat. So, by just passing this Bill, we will have made the first step towards employing the youth of this country. We have no control on who should sit on other boards and authorities that we have in this country. We heard the Executive made appointments one month ago that brought a lot of hue and cry, especially from young Kenyans. The youth and so many educated young Kenyans who should have ... view