Christopher Odhiambo Karani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion. We have to agree that all along in this country, our education system has largely been formal. The question we should ask ourselves is: Where do most of our youth who cannot afford to get to O-level or higher go to? You will find that most of our youth at the constituencies have a lot of experience but when it comes to pay, they normally get low wages because of lack of recognition. Most of the employers whenever they want to employ ask ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to give my input to this particular Motion. Before I proceed, I thank the Chair of the Special Funds Accounts Committee for the work well done. view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: We all agree that the NG-CDF is the best managed fund in this country because of the good structures that we put in place. The NG-CDF is the only fund where, before it goes out of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: the account, it has to pass through almost five stages. We have the NG-CDF Committee which has to check what you are supposed to do. We have the project management committee and as Members, we oversee as the patrons. As a result, it has gone deep into the community. We are doing a lot of projects with the funds and it has taken the rural areas far. It has a lot of impact both in rural and urban areas. view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: As much as we are doing our best with these funds, we also face a lot of challenges. One of the challenges is late disbursement of the funds. As a Member of Parliament for Ugenya Constituency, the first disbursement of the funds I got was in April this year. Remember this House came into place last year in August. The community does not know what is happening. It becomes very difficult for us to plan our projects when the funds are delayed. By the time the funds are being distributed, you will find that we are not able to give ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Other than the late distribution, the funds have impacted positively on the lives of our people both in urban and rural areas. Most of the projects we are doing in our constituencies cannot be done by the county government. We give bursaries and ensure security institutions are in place. As a result, we need to talk to the Government or as a House pass some laws to ensure that we have, at least, doubled the allocation that we get. If we have 120 schools both primary and secondary schools, I have to ensure that each school gets some money. With ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I request that, as Parliament, we need to revisit the Act to ensure that some of the projects that are being done by county governments are transferred to the respective constituencies. Most rural communities do not have piped water. However, water is a devolved function and we cannot do it with the NG-CDF funds. We can only do it through public institutions and that is not enough. With time, we need to revisit the Act and ensure that we are given powers to do some projects like water and even roads with NG-CDF money. view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. Before I sit down, there is the issue of the CEO, which has been coming up. I do not think, as Parliament, we should allow the CEO to serve his seventh year without being confirmed. We should do something because at the end of it, we are tarnishing his CV. Tomorrow, if he leaves this place and goes to another department, and tables his CV showing that he has been an acting CEO for seven years, it will be questioned. We should sit down as the National Assembly and do something. If ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion by Hon. Caleb Kositany. With the establishment of free primary education, we are aware that the enrollment in our schools went up by almost 100 per cent. Where we have reached at the moment, it is painful and we do not understand it. Some of our schools, as we speak, do not have space for expansion. We have several schools in my constituency which are just upcoming. These schools however, lack the space or land for expansion. This has forced parents to turn to fundraising to get the ... view